GPU PRO 3

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GPGPU

With the latest advances in computer graphics, the use of general compute APIs

such as CUDA, OpenCL, and DirectX 11 compute shaders has now become main-

stream. By allowing modern GPUs to go far beyond the standard processing of

triangles and pixels, the power of the graphics processor is now open to domains

reaching far beyond those of visualization or video games. The latest advances

in GPU technologies now allow the implementation of various parallel algorithms

such as AI or physics. With the parallel nature of the GPU, such algorithms can

generally run order of magnitudes faster than their CPU counterparts. This sec-

tion covers chapters ...