A comparison of CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and massively processor arrays for random number generation

Proceedings of the 7th ACM SIGDA International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays, FPGA'09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 63-72

  Thomas, David B ^a   Howes, Lee ^a   Luk, Wayne ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Design; FPGA; GPU; Monte Carlo; MPPA; Performance; Random Numbers

Indexed keywords

FPGA; GPU; MONTE-CARLO; MPPA; PERFORMANCE; RANDOM NUMBERS;

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); INDUCTION MOTORS; LOGIC GATES; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION;

EID: 67650723834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1508128.1508139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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