CUDA Application Design and DevelopmentAs the computer industry retools to leverage massively parallel graphics processing units (GPUs), this book is designed to meet the needs of working software developers who need to understand GPU programming with CUDA and increase efficiency in their projects. CUDA Application Design and Development starts with an introduction to parallel computing concepts for readers with no previous parallel experience, and focuses on issues of immediate importance to working software developers: achieving high performance, maintaining competitiveness, analyzing CUDA benefits versus costs, and determining application lifespan. The book then details the thought behind CUDA and teaches how to create, analyze, and debug CUDA applications. Throughout, the focus is on software engineering issues: how to use CUDA in the context of existing application code, with existing compilers, languages, software tools, and industry-standard API libraries. Using an approach refined in a series of well-received articles at Dr Dobb's Journal, author Rob Farber takes the reader step-by-step from fundamentals to implementation, moving from language theory to practical coding.
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Contents
1 First Programs and How to Think in CUDA | 1 |
2 CUDA for Machine Learning and Optimization | 33 |
Profiling a PCANLPCA Functor | 63 |
4 The CUDA Execution Model | 85 |
5 CUDA Memory | 109 |
6 Efficiently Using GPU Memory | 133 |
7 Techniques to Increase Parallelism | 157 |
8 CUDA for All GPU and CPU Applications | 179 |
9 Mixing CUDA and Rendering | 207 |
10 CUDA in a Cloud and Cluster Environments | 241 |
11 CUDA for Real Problems | 265 |
12 Application Focus on Live Streaming Video | 277 |
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