We had two guys who did this one for their master thesis http://opencores.org/project,orsoc_graphics_accelerator I haven't had time to look at it in detail, but it might be worth adding to the list
//Olof On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Timothy Normand Miller <[email protected]>wrote: > Naturally, I have to cite anything (or at least anything scholarly) that > even attempts to develop an open-architecture GPU. I'm coming up just > short of bone dry, but here are some random things I've found so far that > might be slightly interesting: > > I knew that someone was trying something with the LEON core, and here's a > 2012 article on it: > http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~wongwf/papers/FPT12.pdf > But LEON is a SPARC processor. This isn't a GPU. It's GPU-like, but in a > very weak sort of way. This reminds me of BarraSim that tries to make a > GPU simulator out of PowerPC cores. > > This paper HINTS a the idea of making a synthesizable GPU: > http://casmail.ee.ncku.edu.tw/research/publications/CASLab_2010_CNF_01.pdf > > This one does some geometry calculations in FPGA: > https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Michael.Manzke/fyp2004-2005/DanielMcKeon.pdf > > This appears to purport to do ray-tracing in hardware: > http://opencores.org/project,theia_gpu > I looked at the code, and it's a mess, so I can't be sure what it does, > but it isn't architected like a GPU, as far as I can tell. > > This one ALMOST looks interesting, until you look at the code and realize > it's just bits and pieces of some course assignment, missing vital > components: > http://code.google.com/p/verilogpipelinedgpu/source/checkout > > Random discussion started from 2009 by someone wanting to design their own > GPU: > http://beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=55644 > > There are tons of papers that use GPUs to accelerate all sorts of things, > including simulation, synthesis, and functional verification, which is > nothing like what we're doing. This may be drowning out my searchers. > Examples: > http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6105404 > > http://developer.download.nvidia.com/GTC/PDF/GTC2012/PresentationPDF/S0050-GTC2012-High-Logic-Simulation.pdf > > > > -- > Timothy Normand Miller, PhD > Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Binghamton University > http://www.cs.binghamton.edu/~millerti/ > Open Graphics Project > > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) >
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