GPUs can accelerate 2D graphics like resolution-independent web content and complex path rendering. A presentation at SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 showed how GPUs can now render overwhelmingly complex 2D scenes in real-time that were shown last year, using a "Stencil, then Cover" approach. Their GPU-accelerated path rendering is available today.

1. GPUs are good at a lot of stuff

2. Games
Battlefield 3, EA

3. Data visualization

4. Product design
Catia

5. Interactive ray tracing
OptiX

6. Molecular modeling
NCSA

7. All impressive stuff

8. What about advancing 2D graphics?

9. Can GPUs render & improve the immersive web?

11. on-indep endent
Resoluti
Web co ntent rendered
En tirely on the GPU

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14. Ove rwhelmingly
complex 2D scenes
from last year’s conference
Now rendering
in real-time!

15. No t just Res earch…
Availab le Today

16. GPU-ac celerated
P ath Rendering

17. Please Attend Our
SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 Presentation
GPU-accelerated Path Rendering
Authors: Mark Kilgard & Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA Corporation
Presenter: Mark Kilgard
Time: Friday, 30 November 14:15 - 16:00
Location: Peridot 206, Singapore EXPO
Blurb: For thirty years, resolution-independent 2D standards (e.g.
PostScript, SVG) have relied largely on CPU-based algorithms for the
filling and stroking of paths. Learn about our approach to accelerate
path rendering with our GPU-based "Stencil, then Cover" programming
interface. We've built and productized our OpenGL-based system.
Web site: https://developer.nvidia.com/gpu-accelerated-path-rendering