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A GPGPU Approach to Improved Acoustic Finite Difference Time Domain Calculations

Authors: Angus, Jamie A. S.; Caunce, Andrew

AES Convention 128 · Paper 7963 · May 2010

Abstract

This paper shows how to improve the efficiency and accuracy of Finite Difference Time Domain acoustic simulation by both calculating the differences using spectral methods and performing these calculations on a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) rather than a CPU. These changes to the calculation method result in an increase in accuracy as well as a reduction in computational expense. The recent advances in the way that GPU’s are programmed (for example using CUDA on Nvidia's GPU) now make them an ideal platform on which to perform scientific computations at very high speeds and very low power consumption.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 128
AES Convention
128
Paper number
7963
Publication date
May 6, 2010
Session subject
High Performance Audio Processing
Affiliation
University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper