Enabling a high throughput real time data pipeline for a large radio telescope array with GPUs

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1707-1714

  Edgar, R G ^a   Clark, M A ^a,b   Dale, K ^c   Mitchell, D A ^b   Ord, S M ^b   Wayth, R B ^b   Pfister, H ^c   Greenhill, L J ^b  

^a Initiative in Innovative Computing at Harvard   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer science and technology; Heterodyne receivers; Mathematical procedures and computer techniques; Radio telescopes and instrumentation

Indexed keywords

HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING; HIGH THROUGHPUT; LARGE RADIO TELESCOPE; MATHEMATICAL PROCEDURES; MATRIX MULTIPLICATION; MURCHISON; OFF-LINE PROCESSING; PIPELINE IMPLEMENTATION; PROCESSING ELEMENTS; REAL-TIME DATA; REAL-TIME OPERATION; REALTIME PROCESSING; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT; SUSTAINED PERFORMANCE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WIDE-FIELD;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; INSTRUMENTS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PIPELINES; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIO TELESCOPES; THROUGHPUT;

HETERODYNING;

EID: 77955712504     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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