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Graphics Processing Unit Graphics Processing Unit
Programming and Applications Programming and Applications
Oscar Montiel,* Juan J. Tapia, Francisco Javier
Díaz-Delgadillo and Nataly Medina Rodríguez
ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we shall introduce the reader to the fi eld of graphic
processing unit programming (GPU) and applications. The main goal is
to show the advantages of using GPUs for problem-solving of scientifi c
applications that require intensive computation. Specifi cally, we have
focused this chapter in giving an introduction to the Compute Unifi ed
Device Architecture—CUDA™—which is a parallel computing platform
and programming model of ...