Re: Using the GPU

Aren't most databases constrained by I/O? And postgresql by how fast
your kernel can switch between processes under a concurrent load?

From: pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Billings, John
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 10:55 AM
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: [HACKERS] Using the GPU

Does anyone think that PostgreSQL could benefit from using the video
card as a parallel computing device? I'm working on a project using
Nvidia's CUDA with an 8800 series video card to handle non-graphical
algorithms. I'm curious if anyone thinks that this technology could be
used to speed up a database? If so which part of the database, and what
kind of parallel algorithms would be used?

Thanks, sorry if this is a duplicate message.

-- John Billings