An Efficient GPU-based Implementation of Recursive Linear Filters and Its Application to Realistic Real-Time Re-Synthesis for Interactive Virtual Worlds

  • Fernando Trebien UFRGS
  • Manuel Menezes de Oliveira Neto UFRGS

Resumo


In this work, I present a new technique for implementing digital recursive linear filters using GPUs supporting real-time processing with 2 to 4× more coefficients than achieved by an equivalent implementation on CPUs, eliminating the need of CPU-based processing and improving performance by avoiding memory transfers. It consists of unrolling the filter equation and “trading” dependences until an expression containing available samples is obtained. Resulting convolutions are then computed using the FFT. For demonstration, an LPC filter is designed to synthesize sound for a scene parametrically (by object material and collision velocity and angle) and computed using the technique.

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Publicado
20/07/2010
TREBIEN, Fernando; OLIVEIRA NETO, Manuel Menezes de. An Efficient GPU-based Implementation of Recursive Linear Filters and Its Application to Realistic Real-Time Re-Synthesis for Interactive Virtual Worlds. In: CONCURSO DE TESES E DISSERTAÇÕES (CTD), 23. , 2010, Belo Horizonte/MG. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2010 . p. 9-16. ISSN 2763-8820.