[Beowulf] coprocessor to do "physics calculations"

Jim Lux James.P.Lux at jpl.nasa.gov
Thu May 4 13:09:07 PDT 2006


Ran across an interesting device:
http://physx.ageia.com/

It's some sort of coprocessor (marketed to the gaming community) that looks 
like its designed to efficiently numerically integrate equations of 
motion.  Clever idea.  Not much substantive info in the whitepaper.
http://physx.ageia.com/whitepaper_avanced_gaming_physics.pdf

James Lux, P.E.
Spacecraft Radio Frequency Subsystems Group
Flight Communications Systems Section
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mail Stop 161-213
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena CA 91109
tel: (818)354-2075
fax: (818)393-6875





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