Researchers unlock hardware's hidden talent for rendering 3D graphics for science—and video games
Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 12:31
in Mathematics & Economics
When Shuaiwen Leon Song boots up Doom 3 and Half-life 2, he does so in the name of science. Song studies high performance computing at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, with the goal of making computers smaller, faster and more energy efficient. A more powerful computer, simply put, can solve greater scientific challenges. Like modeling complex chemical reactions or monitoring the electric power grid.