Since I first heard about CUDA and ran the N body simulation with hundreds of bodies in real time on a cheap GeForce 8500 I became aware of how good of a parallel processor these things are.
Of course, had I learned about how the rendering pipeline for graphics works it would have been obvious, but that only came later.
After that, I've always wondered how feasible it would be to write an OS for regular users (there are CUDA supercomputers, but that isn't very representative of how most people make use of computers) that makes use of the GPU for various computations other than graphics. Hopefully, this project will shed some light in that direction.
Of course, had I learned about how the rendering pipeline for graphics works it would have been obvious, but that only came later.
After that, I've always wondered how feasible it would be to write an OS for regular users (there are CUDA supercomputers, but that isn't very representative of how most people make use of computers) that makes use of the GPU for various computations other than graphics. Hopefully, this project will shed some light in that direction.