GPGPU/NVIDIA CUDA

NVIDIA CUDA Research Center

10/6/2010: NC State University has become an NVIDIA CUDA Research Center.

Link to NVIDIA CUDA Research Center Page (Press Release)

NVIDIA CUDA Teaching Center

12/2/2010: NC State University has become an NVIDIA CUDA Teaching Center.

Link to NVIDIA CUDA Teaching Center Page

Hardware (donated by NVIDIA)

1 GeForce 8800 GTX (retired)

  • Stream Processors 128
  • Core Clock (MHz) 575
  • Shader Clock (MHz) 1350
  • Memory Clock (MHz) 900
  • Memory Amount 768MB
  • Memory Interface 384-bit
  • Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 114
  • Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 36.8
  • full specs

2 GeForce 9800 GX2 (retired)

  • Stream Processors 256
  • Core Clock (MHz) 675
  • Shader Clock (MHz) 1688
  • Memory Clock (MHz) 2200
  • Memory Amount 1024MB
  • Memory Interface 512-bit
  • Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 128
  • Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 76.8
  • full specs

18 GeForce GTX 280 (on os40..os57)

  • Stream Processors 240
  • Core Clock (MHz) 602
  • Shader Clock (MHz) 1296
  • Memory Clock (MHz) 2214
  • Memory Amount 1024MB
  • Memory Interface 512-bit
  • Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 142
  • Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 48.2
  • full specs

1 Tesla C1060 (retired)

  • Stream Processors 240
  • Core Clock (MHz) 602
  • Shader Clock (MHz) 1296
  • Memory Clock (MHz) 1600
  • Memory Amount 4GB
  • Memory Interface 512-bit
  • Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 102
  • Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) ?
  • full specs

9 Tesla C2050 (on arc cluster)

  • Stream Processors 448
  • Core Clock (MHz) 575
  • Shader Clock (MHz) 1150
  • Memory Clock (MHz) 3000
  • Memory Amount 3GB
  • Memory Interface 384-bit
  • Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 144
  • Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) ?
  • full specs

60 GTX 480 (on arc cluster)

  • Stream Processors 480
  • Core Clock (MHz) 700
  • Shader Clock (MHz) 1401
  • Memory Clock (MHz) 3696
  • Memory Amount 1.5GB
  • Memory Interface 384-bit
  • Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 177
  • Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) ?
  • full specs

Hardware (not donated by NVIDIA)


Samsung N510 under Fedora 12 with CUDA

Software

All software is 32 bit unless marked otherwise.

Access

  • Request a user id from Frank Mueller (workstation "os40-os57"). Please indicate your unity ID and student ID.
    Accounts on os40-os57 have an NFS shared file space.

User Installation

  • Append to your ~/.bashrc: 
    export PATH=".:~/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH"
export PATH="/usr/local/cuda/bin:$PATH:"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/cuda/lib64"
export MANPATH="/usr/share/openmpi/1.2.4-gcc/man"
    Log out and back in to activate the new settings.

  • for CUDA 4.1rc2:
    • Install the SDK in your directory: 
      sh /home/root/gpucomputingsdk_4.1.21_linux.run
    • Test the SDK: 
      cd NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK/C
#edit common/common.mk, before "# This line invokes..." add
  #ADD THIS LINE HERE
  LIB += -lpthread
make
./bin/linux/release/bandwidthTest
./bin/linux/release/matrixMul
  • for CUDA 3.2:
    • Install the SDK in your directory: 
      sh /home/root/gpucomputingsdk_3.2.16_linux.run
    • Test the SDK: 
      cd NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK/C
#edit common/common.mk, before "# This line invokes..." add
  #ADD THIS LINE HERE
  LIB += -lpthread
make
./bin/linux/release/bandwidthTest
./bin/linux/release/matrixMul
  • for CUDA 2.3:
    • Install and test the SDK: 
      mkdir -p NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK/C
cd NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK/C
cp /usr/local/NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK/C/Makefile .
mkdir common src
cd common
cp /usr/local/NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK/C/common/Makefile .
cp /usr/local/NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK/C/common/common.mk .
mkdir obj
ln -s /usr/local/NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK/C/common/* .
cd ../src
cp -R /usr/local/NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK/C/src/matrixMul .
cp -R /usr/local/NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK/C/src/bandwidthTest .
cd ..
make
bin/linux/release/bandwidthTest
bin/linux/release/matrixMul
  • for CUDA 2.2 or earlier:
    • Install and test the SDK: 
      mkdir NVIDIA
cd NVIDIA
cp /usr/local/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/Makefile .
mkdir common projects
cd common
cp /usr/local/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/common/Makefile .
cp /usr/local/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/common/common.mk .
ln -s /usr/local/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/common/* .
cd ../projects
cp -R /usr/local/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/projects/matrixMul .
cp -R /usr/local/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/projects/bandwidthTest .
cd ..
make
bin/linux/release/bandwidthTest
bin/linux/release/matrixMul

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