• DocumentCode
    1967114
  • Title

    Computation of Voronoi diagrams using a graphics processing unit

  • Author

    Majdandzic, Igor ; Trefftz, Christian ; Wolffe, Gregory

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput., Grand Valley State Univ., Allendale, MI
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    18-20 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    437
  • Lastpage
    441
  • Abstract
    A parallel algorithm to compute a discrete approximation to the Voronoi diagram is presented. The algorithm, which executes in single instruction multiple data (SIMD) mode, was implemented on a high-end graphics processing unit (GPU) using NVIDIApsilas compute unified device architecture (CUDA) development environment. The performance of the resulting code is investigated and presented, and a mathematical model is developed that predicts the performance of the algorithm.
  • Keywords
    approximation theory; computational geometry; computer graphic equipment; parallel algorithms; NVIDIA compute unified device architecture; SIMD; Voronoi diagram; discrete approximation; graphics processing unit; parallel algorithm; single instruction multiple data mode; Clocks; Concurrent computing; Graphics; Hardware; Parallel algorithms; Programming profession; Registers; Streaming media; Tiles; Yarn; GPGPU; Parallel Algorithms; SIMD; Voronoi;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electro/Information Technology, 2008. EIT 2008. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Ames, IA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2029-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2030-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EIT.2008.4554342
  • Filename
    4554342