Accelerator (library)

Accelerator is a data parallel library being developed by Microsoft Research. It allows data parallel programs to be written that run on the GPU. It utilizes the DirectX runtime and shader programs to communicate with the GPU. The public API of the library is exposed using managed code.^[1]

References

Main projects

Languages and compilers	Polyphonic C# Cω Spec# Sing# Bartok Phoenix TouchDevelop

Distributed/ grid computing	Bigtop Gridline BitVault

Internet and networking	Avalanche Wallop Conference XP HoneyMonkey AjaxView Gazelle

Other projects	Cognitive Toolkit IllumiRoom MyLifeBits LiveStation Terminator WorldWide Telescope PhotoDNA

Operating systems	Singularity Barrelfish Midori Verve

APIs	Joins Accelerator Dryad SXM

Xbox and Related	Xbox Kinect

Launched as products	C# Comic Chat F# Sideshow PixelSense (TouchLight) SenseCam ClearType Group Shot Allegiance Songsmith

Applied research
from MSR Labs

Current	Photosynth Pivot Seadragon Deep Zoom DeepZoomPix

Discontinued	Deepfish Listas Volta Live Clipboard

Other Microsoft Research Labs

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