PowderGame

Authors: Lincoln Craddock, John Hershey

Supporting Package: Fenster, https://github.com/zserge/fenster

Installation

• download the project
• run make
• run the executable

Parallel versions

CUDA (Nvidia GPUs)

• install CUDA using the developer guide, if not installed
• run make cuda to compile a cuda-capable executable
• run mainCuda.*

HIP (AMD GPUs)

• install HIP using the developer guide, if not installed
• run make hip to compile a cuda-capable executable
• run mainHip.*

Metal (Apple GPUs)

• install Metal using the developer guide, if not installed
• run make metal to compile a metal-capable executable
• run mainMetal.*

Backlog

• CUDA parallelization of processPowder() method
• Convert CUDA parallelization of processPowder() to HIP
• Metal parallelization of processPowder()
• Display instructions to exit (type ESC)
• Display instructions to reopen toolbar when closed (type CMD + T)