GPU architecture references P/H 4th ed?
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From: Roland on 27 Mar 2010 15:23 Dear all, I'm trying to find some decent reading pointers about GPU architecture and was very happy when I realized new P/H: Computer organization and design (4th ed) has a chapter on GPUs. I managed to get an e-inspection copy from Elsevier, but can't seem to get the companion CD chapters through the website so I can't get to the further reading list. So, I would be very grateful if someone with the 4th ed book could c/p that list and for any additional pointers for GPU (micro)architecture books/papers. Thanks, - R.
From: wolfwaresix on 29 Mar 2010 17:52 Hey Roland, That's a great question. been looking for references myself. let me know when you do! -W On Mar 27, 12:23 pm, Roland <u...(a)domain.invalid> wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm trying to find some decent reading pointers about GPU architecture > and was very happy when I realized new P/H: Computer organization and > design (4th ed) has a chapter on GPUs. I managed to get an e-inspection > copy from Elsevier, but can't seem to get the companion CD chapters > through the website so I can't get to the further reading list. So, I > would be very grateful if someone with the 4th ed book could c/p that > list and for any additional pointers for GPU (micro)architecture > books/papers. > > Thanks, > > - R.
From: Roland on 30 Mar 2010 15:59 Hi wolfwaresix, no luck on P/H references so far, but this is what I've found on the side (various things, I haven't gotten through all of them yet but there are a few that seem really good): http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~crawfis/cse786/ReferenceMaterial/CourseNotes/Modern%20GPU%20Architecture.ppt http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee382a/ http://s09.idav.ucdavis.edu/talks/02_kayvonf_gpuArchTalk09.pdf http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~suvenkat/700/ http://sites.google.com/site/5kk70gpu/materials http://s08.idav.ucdavis.edu/luebke-nvidia-gpu-architecture.pdf http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~aamodt/papers/wwlfung.micro2007.pdf http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~aamodt/papers/gpgpusim.ispass09.pdf (http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion/index.php?t100074.html) http://users.ece.gatech.edu/lanterma/mpg/ http://developer.amd.com/gpu_assets/Intermediate_Language_Specification--Stream_Processor.pdf http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=_jKoAAAAEBAJ http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=nsc0AAAAEBAJ http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/37/47/15/PDF/stats_on_instruction.pdf And if anyone else has anything useful, plz share! Cheers, - R. wolfwaresix wrote: > Hey Roland, > > That's a great question. been looking for references myself. let me > know when you do! > > -W > > On Mar 27, 12:23 pm, Roland <u...(a)domain.invalid> wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I'm trying to find some decent reading pointers about GPU architecture >> and was very happy when I realized new P/H: Computer organization and >> design (4th ed) has a chapter on GPUs. I managed to get an e-inspection >> copy from Elsevier, but can't seem to get the companion CD chapters >> through the website so I can't get to the further reading list. So, I >> would be very grateful if someone with the 4th ed book could c/p that >> list and for any additional pointers for GPU (micro)architecture >> books/papers. >> >> Thanks, >> >> - R. >
From: "Andy "Krazy" Glew" on 30 Mar 2010 22:26 On 3/27/2010 12:23 PM, Roland wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm trying to find some decent reading pointers about GPU architecture > and was very happy when I realized new P/H: Computer organization and > design (4th ed) has a chapter on GPUs. I managed to get an e-inspection > copy from Elsevier, but can't seem to get the companion CD chapters > through the website so I can't get to the further reading list. So, I > would be very grateful if someone with the 4th ed book could c/p that > list and for any additional pointers for GPU (micro)architecture > books/papers. > > Thanks, > > - R. As I was learning about GPUs in the last few years (culminating in my own little contribution, a presentation at Berkeley, http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B5qTWL2s3LcQNGE3NWI4NzQtNTBhNS00YjgyLTljZGMtNTA0YjJmMGIzNDEw&hl=en ) I mainly read hardware manuals from AMD and Nvidia (and Intel) AMD/ATI in particular have made many manuals available: (Hmm, I just found http://www.x.org/docs/AMD/R6xx_R7xx_3D.pdf, overall www.x.org/docs' repository of several GPU manuals by vendor. In particular, I never saw http://www.x.org/docs/AMD/R6xx_R7xx_3D.pdf before.) developer.amd.com/gpu_assets/r600isa.pdf there are similar manuals at AMD's website for a) R5xx b) R700 (R770?) c) Evergreen (would have been the R800?) but I don't have URLs off the top of my head. == At Nvidia - well, I started off learning about Nvidia, so URLs are less accessible. The Fermi papers may be a good start. == Y'know, I don't know public docs for Intel.
From: "Andy "Krazy" Glew" on 31 Mar 2010 00:59
On 3/30/2010 7:26 PM, Andy "Krazy" Glew wrote: > On 3/27/2010 12:23 PM, Roland wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I'm trying to find some decent reading pointers about GPU architecture > I mainly read hardware manuals from AMD and Nvidia (and Intel) > (Hmm, I just found http://www.x.org/docs/AMD/R6xx_R7xx_3D.pdf, overall > www.x.org/docs' repository of several GPU manuals by vendor. In > particular, I never saw http://www.x.org/docs/AMD/R6xx_R7xx_3D.pdf before.) Wow! www.x.org/docs/{AMD,intel,via} is the best collection of GPU docs I have seen together in one place at one time. Which I guess makes sense. X, eh? In particular, it has Intel Gen4 docs. The AMD docs are good, but you will need the shader ISA docs I mentioned in my last post. Sweet! I just wish I had known about this site last year before I went to Berkeley to present. |