gpus

references

• • recommended

    • David Luebke and Greg Humphreys. 2007. How GPUs work. IEEE Computer,40, 2, 96-100. (ncsu)

    • Cook, R. L. (1984). Shade trees. ACM Siggraph Computer Graphics, 18(3), 223-231. (ncsu)

    • Akenine-Moller, T., Haines, E., & Hoffman, N. (2018). The graphics processing unit. Chapter 3 in Real-time rendering. AK Peters/CRC Press. (ncsu)

    • Wyman, C., & Marrs, A. (2019). Introduction to directx raytracing. Ray Tracing Gems: High-Quality and Real-Time Rendering with DXR and Other APIs, 21-47. (pdf)

  • optional

    • Michael Garland and David B. Kirk. 2010. Understanding throughput-oriented architectures. Commun. ACM 53, 11 (November 2010), 58-66. (ncsu)

    • Kayvon Fatahalian and Mike Houston. 2008. A closer look at GPUs. Commun. ACM, 51, 10, 50-57. 

    • Cliff Woolley. 2005. GPU program optimization. Chapter 35 in M. Pharr & R. Fernando (eds.), GPU Gems 2, Addison Wesley.

    • Cem Cebenoyan. 2004. Graphics pipeline performance. Chapter 28 in R. Fernando (ed.), GPU Gems, Addison Wesley.

sites

• • ETH's Computer Vision and Geometry Group's lecture on GPGPU optimization

  • AnandTech's piece on DirectX 11

  • David Owen & David Luebke's Intro to Parallel Programming Udacity course.

audio

• • Bill Dally. (2018). Future of AI at NVIDIA. Practical AI Podcast, 15.

  • Bill Dally. (2018). Where AI goes next. AI Podcast, 62.

engine refs

• • manual

    • unreal

    • unity: performance, optimization, optimization2

  • videos

    • unity