Mandelbrot Escape Time Algorithm in CUDA

Requirements

• CUDA
• CUDA-capable GPU
• Linux-based OS (probably)
• (optional) ImageMagick (used to combine PPM images into an animated GIF)

Usage

Download or clone the repository, extract it if necessary, then build and run the code:

nvcc -std=c++11 mandelbrot.cu -o mandelbrot
./mandelbrot 16 240 1

For information about the command-line arguments, run:

./mandelbrot

To combine the output PPM files into an animated GIF, run:

convert -delay 10 mandelbrot*ppm mandelbrot.gif

Acknowledgments

• This great resource
• This list of coordinates
• Wikipedia
• Mandelbrot Viewer
• Wolfram
• Dr. Burtscher for giving me a working understanding of CUDA