Power efficiency for software algorithms running on graphics processors

High-Performance Graphics 2012, HPG 2012 - ACM SIGGRAPH / Eurographics Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 67-75

  Johnsson, Björn ^a   Ganestam, Per ^a   Doggett, Michael ^a   Akenine Möller, Tomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING DEVICES; GRAPHICS ALGORITHMS; GRAPHICS PROCESSOR; POWER SIGNATURES; RENDERING ALGORITHMS; RENDERING PERFORMANCE; SHADOW ALGORITHM; SOFTWARE ALGORITHMS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84880814923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2312/EGGH/HPG12/067-075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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