From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D61A61381F3 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2013 16:50:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 81F00E0A5E; Fri, 4 Oct 2013 16:50:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6D4E7E09C0 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2013 16:50:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9600233EE5F for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2013 16:50:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.635 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.635 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.981, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.652, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id UTNBlKxn1Qs1 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2013 16:49:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 13FC633EE71 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2013 16:49:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VS8ZS-0007Oh-PP for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:49:42 +0200 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:49:42 +0200 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:49:42 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Mantle Open source GPU engine Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 16:49:24 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20131004160437.GJ10604@server> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Firefox/17.0 SeaMonkey/2.14) X-Archives-Salt: 5b0f3eff-d959-4446-a6f2-a2af86138e3b X-Archives-Hash: 3c14953bd77597d5e2e0b1ea11378435 James tampabay.rr.com> writes: > > computer gaming (yawn)... "The Kalman filter operates recursively on streams of noisy input data to produce a statistically optimal estimate of the underlying system state." [1] (sounds like a database admin's dream tool, huh?) clean usage from "dirty/corrupted data" (think NSA, DOD etc etc). You like video on the Net? The Kalman Filter is one of the chief mathmatical advances in the field of video and graphics, among a myriad of other applications. The Kalman filter is unknown to most "digital mathmaticians" and application programers, but these days they rarely perform seraching or sorting without the benefits of Kalman Filters running on hardware (bare metal)...... The Kalman Filter is but one of the "bare metal Algorithms" that will benefit by orders of magnitude with true bare metal access to the GPU. [2] If you really want to learn about where hardware meets software, read up on this man : Donald Knuth. Most programmers has never heard of him, let alone comprehend his "body of work". hth, James [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalman_filter [2] http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6121397&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.jsp%3Farnumber%3D6121397