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How can I program on the GPU in Unity?

In my previous question, I asked about why people don't program on the GPU. Now I am learning about fluid dynamics with this article. They say that it should all be done on the GPU. The game engine ...
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Using GPU on Silverlight 5 for a Fast Fourier Transform

I've got an audio library for Silverlight that is in need of some acceleration on slower machines. Specifically, this library makes extensive and repeated use of the FFT transform as a part of its ...
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Are there any benefits for using the CPU instead of the GPU?

I've been researching processors and graphics cards, and I discovered that GPUs are way faster than CPUs. I read in this one article, a 2-year-old Nvidia GPU outperformed a 3.2GHz Core I7 Intel ...
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Is nVidia's CUDA suited to performing pathfinding calculations?

I want to know if it would be worth executing pathfinding on the GPU (using nVidia's CUDA, or an equivalent) in certain situations, or whether it would be a wasted effort. The situation I imagine ...
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Switching between Discrete and Integrated GPUs

I develop CUDA applications on my Alienware M17x portable back-breaker, which has two discrete GTX 285M GPUs and one integrated GeForce 9400M GPU. I can currently switch between them using NVIDIA's ...