Resumen de Programming video cards for database aplications
Teraflops and over 100GB/sec memory bandwidth do not only realize game dreams of "better" -looking monster, they also attract developers of other performance-hungry applications. While the hardware specifications of high-end graphics processors (GPUs) with hundreds of cores make multicore CPUs look like toys, the complexity of leveraging these exotic hardware platforms for general-purpose applications puts a high price tag on applications development. Even though new development enviroments allows C-style programming, efficient implementations still require extensive knowledge of computer architecture as well as analytical and debug skills, going beyond standard tools. In this article, I would like to share my experiences in programming video cards for database operations over the last three years.
