Accelerating software radio astronomy FX correlation with GPU and FPGA co-processors

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dc.contributor.advisorInggs, Michaelen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWoods, Andrewen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-15T11:25:26Z
dc.date.available2015-01-15T11:25:26Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves [117]-121).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis attempts to accelerate compute intensive sections of a frequency domain radio astronomy correlator using dedicated co-processors. Two co-processor implementations were made independently with one using reconfigurable hardware (Xilinx Virtex 4LXlOO) and the other uses a graphics processor (Nvidia 9800GT). The objective of a radio astronomy correlator is to compute the complex valued correlation products for each baseline which can be used to reconstruct the sky's radio brightness distribution. Radio astronomy correlators have huge computation demands and this dissertation focuses on the computational aspects of correlation, concentrating on the X-engine stage of the correlator.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWoods, A. (2010). <i>Accelerating software radio astronomy FX correlation with GPU and FPGA co-processors</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12212en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWoods, Andrew. <i>"Accelerating software radio astronomy FX correlation with GPU and FPGA co-processors."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12212en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWoods, A. 2010. Accelerating software radio astronomy FX correlation with GPU and FPGA co-processors. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Woods, Andrew AB - This thesis attempts to accelerate compute intensive sections of a frequency domain radio astronomy correlator using dedicated co-processors. Two co-processor implementations were made independently with one using reconfigurable hardware (Xilinx Virtex 4LXlOO) and the other uses a graphics processor (Nvidia 9800GT). The objective of a radio astronomy correlator is to compute the complex valued correlation products for each baseline which can be used to reconstruct the sky's radio brightness distribution. Radio astronomy correlators have huge computation demands and this dissertation focuses on the computational aspects of correlation, concentrating on the X-engine stage of the correlator. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Accelerating software radio astronomy FX correlation with GPU and FPGA co-processors TI - Accelerating software radio astronomy FX correlation with GPU and FPGA co-processors UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12212 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12212
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWoods A. Accelerating software radio astronomy FX correlation with GPU and FPGA co-processors. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12212en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Electrical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherElectrical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.titleAccelerating software radio astronomy FX correlation with GPU and FPGA co-processorsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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