Utility of Graphics Processing Units for Dense Matrix Calculations in Computing and Inverting Genomic Relationship Matrices

Author(s)
Meyer, Karin
Tier, Bruce
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
The era of genomic evaluation has brought the need to perform computations involving large, dense matrices. Particular tasks are the computation and inversion of the genomic relationship matrix. This paper investigates the suitability of Graphics Processing Units together with highly optimised software libraries for these computations, using blocked algorithms. It is shown that calculations are readily sped up by parallel processing, using freely available library routines, and that reductions in time by factors of 4 to 5 are achievable even for 'consumer' grade graphics cards.
Citation
Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.20, p. 270-273
ISBN
9780473260569
ISSN
1328-3227
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Language
en
Publisher
Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG)
Title
Utility of Graphics Processing Units for Dense Matrix Calculations in Computing and Inverting Genomic Relationship Matrices
Type of document
Conference Publication
Entity Type
Publication

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