Introduction
WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD of heterogeneous parallel programming with CUDA C!
Modern heterogeneous systems are evolving toward a future of intriguing computational possibilities. Heterogeneous computing is constantly being applied to new fields of computation — everything from science to databases to machine learning. The future of programming is heterogeneous parallel programming!
This book gets you started quickly with GPU (Graphical Processing Unit) computing using the CUDA platform, CUDA Toolkit, and CUDA C language. The examples and exercises in this book are designed to jump-start your CUDA expertise to a professional level!
Who This Book Is For
This book is for anyone who wants to leverage the power of GPU computing to accelerate applications. It covers the most up-to-date technologies in CUDA C programming, with a focus on:
- Concise style
- Straightforward approach
- Illustrative description
- Extensive examples
- Deliberately designed exercises
- Comprehensive coverage
- Content well-focused for the needs of high-performance computing
If you are an experienced C programmer who wants to add high-performance computing to your repertoire by learning CUDA C, the examples and exercises in the book will build on your existing knowledge so as to simplify mastering CUDA C programming. Using just a handful of CUDA extensions to C, you can benefit from the power of massively parallel hardware. The CUDA platform, programming models, tools, and libraries make programming ...
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