Data processing: structural design – modeling – simulation – and em – Modeling by mathematical expression
Reexamination Certificate
2002-03-14
2008-11-18
Rodriguez, Paul L (Department: 2123)
Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and em
Modeling by mathematical expression
C345S643000, C345S644000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07454320
ABSTRACT:
A system and method are provided for computing partial differential equations in a hardware graphics pipeline. Initially, input is received in a hardware graphics pipeline. Next, the input is processed to generate a solution to a partial differential equation utilizing the hardware graphics pipeline.
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Guill Russ
NVIDIA Corporation
Rodriguez Paul L
Zilka-Kotab, PC
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