Efficient tool path computation using multi-core GPUs

Computers in Industry

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-56

  Morell Giménez, Vicente ^a   Jimeno Morenilla, Antonio ^a   García Rodríguez, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

CUDA technology; Graphics Processor Unit; Specific hardware architectures; Tool path computing; Virtual digitizing

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPLEX PROBLEMS; COMPUTATION PERFORMANCE; COMPUTING TIME; DEVELOPMENT TIME; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; EXECUTION TIME; EXISTING SYSTEMS; GRAPHIC HARDWARE; GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNITS; GRAPHICS PROCESSOR UNITS; HARDWARE ACCELERATION; MULTI CORE; OPTIMISATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SHOE LAST; SPECIFIC HARDWARE; TOOL PATH COMPUTATION; TOOL PATH GENERATION; TOOLPATHS; VIRTUAL DIGITIZING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER HARDWARE; HARDWARE; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SHOE MANUFACTURE;

SCANNING;

EID: 84870300232     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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