GPGPU journey 3: OpenGL

Done

1. Find and install OpenGL IDE

I think I am all set for learning OpenGL. Found a very useful website that should help me in the future. I don’t think I need to learn all the lessons. As long as I understand how to model a cube and texture onto one of the face then I should be fine. Question is, will the card be able to handle both GPGPU instructions and OpenGL display commands?

To do

1. Find out how to draw a 3d object
2. Setup development environment in Linux
3. GPGPU and GT
4. Sigma Delta

Discussed the drawing of 3d objects with several others who’ve done it before. Processes seems straight forward enough, but the fact that the display update is done in a while loop is worrying me. Either way, I have enough information to start with a first run now.

I thought about how to proceed with the Linux development environment. Now that I have successfully RAIDed my two HDDs in RAID 1 config, storage capacity went down significantly. Plus I am really not in the mood to further fuck around with the disks, linux’s ability to see the two disk as separate entities (even though it’s hardware RAID) and the potential for a journalling system’s failure wrecking havoc on a mirrored set. I opt to see if I can boot my PC through a USB external HDD.

GPGPU and GT. Even though they are the core of this project. I seem to be spending most of my time getting all the surrounding technologies to work. Hoping for the day when I can just sit down and write algorithms.

I have started converting Verilog code of the sigma-delta decimation filter into circuit diagrams. Drawing it by hand is slow, but should be sufficient since I don’t have a million bucks to spend on buying a license for the tools I used while working. Researching freewares will probably take too much time. So brute force low tech should be the most efficient way. On a funny side note, somebody wants me to go in for an interview. They are looking for a Sigma-Delta decimation filter designer. He’s from one of those head hunter agency so he’s probably just coaxing me to respond. Will make a note to reply with a sublime “FUCK OFF” message for fun.