CIS 565: GPU Programming and Architecture

Spring 2012

University of Pennsylvania
Computer Graphics @ Penn

Description

GPU hardware; CUDA; massively parallel algorithms; graphics pipeline; real-time rendering; OpenGL/WebGL; and mobile GPUs.

This is a project-intensive course with student presentations.

New this semester: coverage of mobile GPU architectures and OpenGL ES 2; GPU-acceleration on the web with WebGL; deferred shading; and broader coverage of hardware.

Prerequisites

• CIS 460/560: Introduction to Computer Graphics.
• Recommended:
  • CIS 371: Digital Systems Organization and Design, or
  • CIS 501: Introduction to Computer Architecture.
• Strong C or C++.

Instructor

Patrick Cozzi, pjcozzi@siggraph.org
Office: SIG Lab
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 10:30-11:00am

Teaching Assistant

Varun Sampath, vsampath@seas.upenn.edu
Office: SIG Lab
Office Hours: Tuesday, 5-6pm, and Thursday, 2-3pm

Meeting

Monday and Wednesday, 9-10:30am, Moore 212

Online

• Google Group: cis565-s2012, cis565-s2012@googlegroups.com
  
• GitHub Organization: CIS565-Spring-2012

Books

• Programming Massively Parallel Processors, 2010, David Kirk and Wen-mei Hwu. Old draft pdfs are on the website for ECE 498 AL at UIUC.
• OpenGL Insights, 2012, Patrick Cozzi and Christophe Riccio, Editors. Selected readings will be handed out in class.

Grading

• Homeworks: 40%
• Student Presentation: 10%
• Final Project: 40%
• Final: 10%

Lab Resources

• Moore 100b - NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GEs.
• SIG Lab - Most machines have at least NVIDIA GeForce 8800s. Two machines have a GeForce 480, and one machine has a Fermi Tesla card.