Authors: Shin Kee Chung, Linqing Wen, David Blair, Kipp Cannon, Amitava Datta Date: 23 Jun 2009 Abstract: We report a novel application of graphics processing units (GPUs) for the purpose of accelerating the search pipelines for gravitational waves from coalescing binaries of compact objects. A speed-up of 16 fold has been achieved compared with a single central processing unit (CPU). We show that substantial improvements are possible and discuss the reduction in CPU count required for the detection of inspiral sources afforded by the use of GPUs. |
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