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Accelerating Graphics Rendering on RISC-V GPUs
Get PDFGraphics Processing Units (GPUs) are commonly used to accelerate massively parallel workloads across a wide range of applications from machine learning to cryptocurrency mining. The original application for GPUs, however, was to accelerate graphics rendering which remains popular today through video gaming and video rendering. While GPUs began as fixed function hardware with minimal programmability, modern GPUs have adopted a design with many programmable cores and supporting fixed function hardware for rasterization, texture sampling, and render output tasks. This balance enables GPUs to be used for general purpose computing and still remain adept at graphics rendering. Previous work at the Georgia Institute of Technology has been done to implement a general purpose GPU (GPGPU) in the open source RISC-V ISA. The implementation features many programmable cores and texture sampling support. However, creating a truly modern GPU based on the RISC-V ISA requires the addition of fixed function hardware units for rasterization and render output tasks in order to meet the demands of current graphics APIs such as OpenGL or Vulkan. This thesis discusses the work done by students at the Georgia Institute of Technology and California Polytechnic State University SLO to accelerate graphics rendering on RISC-V GPUs including the specific contributions made to implement and connect fixed function graphics hardware for the render output unit (ROP) to the programmable cores in a RISC-V GPU. This thesis also explores the performance and area cost of different hardware configurations within the implemented GPU
From Mesoamerica To Aleppo And Transylvania: The Global Migration Of The Chile Pepper
Get PDFThis thesis explores the migration of the chile pepper, or capsicum anuum, from Mesoamerica into the Old World after 1500, focusing on two case studies of the Aleppo pepper in Syria and paprika in what was once Hungarian Nagyvarad, and which is now Romanian Oradea. Using foodways as a historical lens, and considering the movement of food as historical, it can be seen that the chile pepper, despite its low profit value, illustrates a globalization that existed well before modern times, and it came to cement itself within many different cultures as a symbol of identity. Despite its far-away origins, the chile pepper took over the Old World, particularly those societies that were once controlled by the Ottoman Empire, and came to represent the common man in newly formed post-Colonial nations
Installation of Electrical System for Paso Robles Police Department
Get PDFThis paper outlines the process that Peter Strykers and Jacob Studebaker went through to set up the lighting and power system for the Paso Robles Police Department gun range located off highway 46. Before our installation, the gun range had zero lighting so the officers could not use it after sunset. We allowed the officers to light the gun range with outdoor LED lights, light up both the storage units on site, and have access to multiple outlets inside and out of the storage units. The power source that the electrical system runs on comes from a Kubota generator because there is no city power that is supplied to the site. Included in our project was the installation of an electrical panel that consisted of 3 circuits to power the entire system. Through the guidance of our SME, Lonny Simonian, we were able to design this system. Through the guidance of David Studebaker, Jacob Studebaker’s father and career electrician, we were able to quickly problem solve while performing work in at the jobsite
On the Oval Shapes of Beach Stones
Get PDFThis article introduces a new stochastic non-isotropic frictional abrasion model, in the form of a single short partial integro-differential equation, to show how frictional abrasion alone of a stone on a planar beach might lead to the oval shapes observed empirically. The underlying idea in this theory is the intuitive observation that the rate of ablation at a point on the surface of the stone is proportional to the product of the curvature of the stone at that point and the likelihood the stone is in contact with the beach at that point. Specifically, key roles in this new model are played by both the random wave process and the global (non-local) shape of the stone, i.e., its shape away from the point of contact with the beach. The underlying physical mechanism for this process is the conversion of energy from the wave process into the potential energy of the stone. No closed-form or even asymptotic solution is known for the basic equation, which is both non-linear and non-local. On the other hand, preliminary numerical experiments are presented in both the deterministic continuous-time setting using standard curve-shortening algorithms and a stochastic discrete-time polyhedral-slicing setting using Monte Carlo simulation
The Impact Of High-Anthocyanin Berry Supplementation On Cardiometabolic Markers In Humans: A Systematic Review Meta-Analysis Of Randomized Control Trials
Get PDFRelevance: Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Observational and experimental evidence has shown that fruits high in polyphenols can reduce morbidity and mortality of heart disease. Introduction: This systematic review meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the current evidence for anthocyanin-rich fruit supplementation amelioration of hypertension. Methods: Articles were identified, collected, screened, then data were analyzed via CMAv.2 for overall effect on blood pressure, nitric oxide, flow mediated dilation and pulse wave velocity. Results: The analysis showed a small, significant effect on diastolic blood pressure. No moderator groups had significant effects, though some individual subcategories showed significant effects.
Conclusion: Diastolic blood pressure in humans can be beneficially influenced by consumption of anthocyanin-rich fruit
NiteDaze Branding and Marketing Collateral
Get PDFElectronic Dance Music, more commonly known as EDM, has been gaining popularity ever since it emerged in the early 1990’s specifically in the United States and France. EDM festivals and concerts are some of the top music scenes on earth, and typically appear in urban locations with high populations often bringing the biggest artists out to perform.
Therefore, a few of my friends decided to create the music promoter and distribution company, NiteDaze, in hopes of expanding EDM and rave culture throughout the United States to beautiful locations that rarely experience this type of concert, all while giving small EDM artists the chance to reach their full potential and gain exposure. In the end, NiteDaze Events will be able to host festivals all across the U.S. with a mix of emerging artists and popular top artists on the lineup.
With NiteDaze emerging into the EDM promoter and distribution industry, there is an opportunity to develop branding and marketing collateral for NiteDaze that starts its focus on bringing the “all are welcome” culture to less populated areas
Fiore Jewelry: Branding and Packaging Design
Get PDFMy senior project incorporates my interests in the packaging field with structural and graphic design challenges, as well as materials consideration. I have designed the primary packaging for a hypothetical online jewelry brand. I have also created the logo, color scheme, and corresponding packaging graphics for this made up brand
Photovoice in an Online Psychology of Gender Course: Facilitating Difficult Discussions and Increasing Student Engagement
Get PDFLiving Off the Grid with Renewable Energy: A Case Study
Get PDFThe trend towards green, sustainable living is on the rise and the benefits are continuing to make noise in the world of homeowners. In this project, the benefits of renewable energy and consumer preferences were analyzed and applied to off-grid living in the form of a case study. It was found that the majority of homebuyers are concerned about the environment and wanted an environmentally friendly home but are not willing to pay more in order to achieve these desires. This information spurred the need for a detailed assessment of the feasibility of sustainable off-grid living. After conducting extensive research, overview guidelines for living off the grid were provided which include expert experience and cost data. These guidelines were exemplified in the real-life success story of the Auerbach’s off-grid home on Lasqueti Island in Canada. They were successful in creating an off-grid home which showcased several of the components discussed in the research-based guidelines. Their system was based on strategically placed solar panels and a well thought out lithium-ion battery system. This research paper benefits the reader with a general outlook into the feasibility of off-grid living and/or ideas for implementing renewable energy sources into one’s home
