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Does the Seti application put the GPU under continuous load, or does it do it in bursts?

April 26, 2017application bursts Continuous GPU load SETI

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Does the Seti application put the GPU under continuous load, or does it do it in bursts?

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The CUDA code kernels sent to the GPU put this under a heavy continuous load. The work does come in bursts but the period between bursts is probably insignificant. We scale the work to the capabilities of the GPU which means we try to keep it saturated with computing tasks.