Optimization of power consumption in the iterative solution of sparse linear systems on graphics processors

Computer Science - Research and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 299-307

  Anzt, Hartwig ^a   Castillo, Maribel ^b   Fernández, Juan C ^b   Heuveline, Vincent ^a   Igual, Francisco D ^b   Mayo, Rafael ^b   Quintana Ortí, Enrique S ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

GMRES; Graphics processors (GPUs); Idle wait; Iterative solvers; Mixed precision iterative refinement; Power aware algorithms; Sparse linear systems

Indexed keywords

GMRES; GRAPHICS PROCESSOR; IDLE-WAIT; ITERATIVE SOLVERS; MIXED PRECISION ITERATIVE REFINEMENTS; POWER-AWARE; SPARSE LINEAR SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; LINEAR SYSTEMS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 84868121117     PISSN: 18652034     EISSN: 18652042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00450-011-0195-8     Document Type: Article

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