Deep Learning with Python: A Hands-on Introduction

© Nikhil Ketkar 2017

Nikhil Ketkar, Deep Learning with Python, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2766-4_10

10. Introduction to GPUs

Nikhil Ketkar¹ 

(1)Bangalore, Karnataka, India

This chapter introduces the reader to GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)-based computation, which has played and will continue to play a big role in the successful application of Deep Learning in a variety of application domains. Typically, a Deep Learning practitioner is working with high-level libraries like Keras or Theano, which automatically translates the computation to be performed seamlessly to CPU or GPU. While in a majority of the cases, a practitioner of Deep Learning is  not required to understand the internal workings of the GPU (as many high-level libraries are ...