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Adam Kocoloski commented on COUCHDB-544:
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So, in my limited experience with GPGPU-style programming it really shines if
you have a "small data, big computation" problem. Matrix manipulations, stuff
like that. CouchDB's view functions are much heavier on the I/O side; I doubt
there is much to be gained from shipping the data out to the GPU and back. But
hey, I could certainly be wrong, don't let me discourage someone who wants to
give this a shot.
> Make CouchDB View server take use of GPU capabilities (// computing)
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>
> Key: COUCHDB-544
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-544
> Project: CouchDB
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Database Core, JavaScript View Server
> Environment: All
> Reporter: Maxime Garcia
> Priority: Minor
>
> Nowadays, GPUs provide a considerable amount of power in parallel computing
> of shaders... in screen rendering. For example, a standard GPU like ATI's HD
> 2900 XT gives 500 Gflops power whereas a classic CPU gives only 8 Gflops.
> nVidia CUDA, OpenCL... it is underway.
> It is a computing mode that permits massive parallel computing on isolated
> data.
> o_O That sounds like docs in view building ?
> Yeah, exactly.
> The main idea is to make CouchDB View engine use these GPU (if available).
> Can you imagine the power of view building on a super CouchDB server with 4
> PCI-Express GPU cards ?
> Some infos (for example) :
> - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPGPU
> (for FR :
> http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/General-Purpose_Processing_on_Graphics_Processing_Units
> )
> -
> http://www.behardware.com/articles/744-1/opencl-democracy-for-gpu-computing.html
> (for FR :
> http://www.hardware.fr/articles/744-1/opencl-gpu-computing-enfin-democratise.html
> )
> PS : This issue is submitted to make discussions happen on this crazy idea.
> Relax.
> I don't know how, but i think this could be a great improvement in the world
> of database, and the Couch fits perfectly.
> What do you think about ?
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