A Consumer Application for GPGPUs: Desktop Search

Authors: 

Ateeq Sharfuddin and Xiaofan Feng, The George Washington University

Abstract: 

To date, the GPGPU approach has been mainly utilized for academic and scientific computing, for example, for genetic algorithms, image analysis, cryptography, or password cracking. Though video cards supporting GPGPU have become pervasive, there do not appear to be any applications utilizing GPGPU for a household user. In this paper, one consumer application for GPGPU is described: utilizing GPGPUs for Desktop Search. Though the implementation is somewhat rudimentary, it still demonstrates a sizable performance gain.

Open Access Media

USENIX is committed to Open Access to the research presented at our events. Papers and proceedings are freely available to everyone once the event begins. Any video, audio, and/or slides that are posted after the event are also free and open to everyone. Support USENIX and our commitment to Open Access.

BibTeX
@conference {259249,
title = {A Consumer Application for {GPGPUs}: Desktop Search},
year = {2012},
address = {Berkeley, CA},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = jun
}
Download
Sharfuddin PDF
Sharfuddin PDF, updated 5/31/12