Book description
Break into the powerful world of parallel GPU programming with this down-to-earth, practical guide
Designed for professionals across multiple industrial sectors, Professional CUDA C Programming presents CUDA -- a parallel computing platform and programming model designed to ease the development of GPU programming -- fundamentals in an easy-to-follow format, and teaches readers how to think in parallel and implement parallel algorithms on GPUs. Each chapter covers a specific topic, and includes workable examples that demonstrate the development process, allowing readers to explore both the "hard" and "soft" aspects of GPU programming.
Computing architectures are experiencing a fundamental shift toward scalable parallel computing motivated by application requirements in industry and science. This book demonstrates the challenges of efficiently utilizing compute resources at peak performance, presents modern techniques for tackling these challenges, while increasing accessibility for professionals who are not necessarily parallel programming experts. The CUDA programming model and tools empower developers to write high-performance applications on a scalable, parallel computing platform: the GPU. However, CUDA itself can be difficult to learn without extensive programming experience. Recognized CUDA authorities John Cheng, Max Grossman, and Ty McKercher guide readers through essential GPU programming skills and best practices in Professional CUDA C Programming, including:
CUDA Programming Model
GPU Execution Model
GPU Memory model
Streams, Event and Concurrency
Multi-GPU Programming
CUDA Domain-Specific Libraries
Profiling and Performance Tuning
The book makes complex CUDA concepts easy to understand for anyone with knowledge of basic software development with exercises designed to be both readable and high-performance. For the professional seeking entrance to parallel computing and the high-performance computing community, Professional CUDA C Programming is an invaluable resource, with the most current information available on the market.
Table of contents
- Chapter 1: Heterogeneous Parallel Computing with CUDA
- Chapter 2: CUDA Programming Model
- Chapter 3: CUDA Execution Model
- Chapter 4: Global Memory
- Chapter 5: Shared Memory and Constant Memory
- Chapter 6: Streams and Concurrency
- Chapter 7: Tuning Instruction-Level Primitives
- Chapter 8: GPU-Accelerated CUDA Libraries and OpenACC
- Chapter 9: Multi-GPU Programming
- Chapter 10: Implementation Considerations
- Appendix: Suggested Readings
- Introduction
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- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Professional CUDA C Programming
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2014
- Publisher(s): Wrox
- ISBN: 9781118739327
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