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Computer Graphics More Than A Game As Military Design Goes PlayStation
Published Mar 3, 2010
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A project undertaken by leading defence company BAE Systems can reveal that household components allowing PC and games console fans to play the latest computer games in brilliant 3D graphics are powering the next wave of military engineering designs.
In an example of the consumer electronics market accelerating faster than the military sphere, the evolution of high-processing graphics cards - which allow computers to visualise gaming images - has reached such an advanced level that the engineering industry has had to take note.
Engineers at BAE Systems have been following the development of gaming graphics for over 20 years.
Since the development of early ‘8-bit’ computer games such as ‘Pacman’ and ‘Space Invaders’ in the 1980’s, the hope was that there would reach a time where graphics cards would consist enough ‘raw power’ to process the complex ‘number crunching’ needed for engineering simulations.
With the advent of the ‘new generation’ of PC’s and consoles like the PlayStation3 allowing for startlingly realistic graphics, scientists at BAE Systems were able to establish a ‘tipping point’ in the convergence and began their research two years ago
The use of game graphics cards is set to have a major impact on engineering design by making the current use of large, costly and environmentally unfriendly ‘computer clusters’ to process facilitate images a thing of the past.
This cost benefits from the project’s findings are set to be huge. Scientists from BAE Systems believe they can save around £30,000 of computing power using the latest chip manufactured by market leaders N-vidia costing just £300.
David Standingford, Group Leader of Electromagnetic Modelling at BAE Systems said: “Computer graphics have come a long way since the days of ‘Space Invaders’. The idea that one day household graphics cards could provide the tools to create the next wave of military engineering and cut costs has long been around but what our research shows is that this a reality".
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BAE Systems
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Action UAE
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