Chapter 9. GPGPU with F#
It’s easy and natural to write a math formula in F#, and F# is widely used in scientific computation applications, such as those used by trading companies and investment banks. Applications can benefit greatly from being able to directly leverage the hardware, but providing this ability can be a challenge for many .NET languages. The common way for .NET to directly access hardware is by using .NET interop. F# has another weapon called quotations. A quotation shows the program structure and can be used to translate F# code. In this chapter, I will demonstrate how to use quotations to translate F# code to GPU code.
The graphics processing unit (GPU) chip on a graphics card can do something other than render an image for you. ...
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