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Hands-On GPU Computing with Python

By : Avimanyu Bandyopadhyay
Book Image

Hands-On GPU Computing with Python

By: Avimanyu Bandyopadhyay

Overview of this book

GPUs are proving to be excellent general purpose-parallel computing solutions for high-performance tasks such as deep learning and scientific computing. This book will be your guide to getting started with GPU computing. It begins by introducing GPU computing and explaining the GPU architecture and programming models. You will learn, by example, how to perform GPU programming with Python, and look at using integrations such as PyCUDA, PyOpenCL, CuPy, and Numba with Anaconda for various tasks such as machine learning and data mining. In addition to this, you will get to grips with GPU workflows, management, and deployment using modern containerization solutions. Toward the end of the book, you will get familiar with the principles of distributed computing for training machine learning models and enhancing efficiency and performance. By the end of this book, you will be able to set up a GPU ecosystem for running complex applications and data models that demand great processing capabilities, and be able to efficiently manage memory to compute your application effectively and quickly.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Section 1: Computing with GPUs Introduction, Fundamental Concepts, and Hardware
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Section 2: Hands-On Development with GPU Programming
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Section 3: Containerization and Machine Learning with GPU-Powered Python

Liquid cooling – should you consider it?

Liquid cooling involves the passing of liquid through CPU or GPU blocks within a loop in order to reduce temperatures by a huge extent. Achieving such drastic reductions in temperature levels (up to 30°C) is not so feasible when implemented with conventional air-cooling methods. The following image shows a liquid-cooled system:

The temperature factor

When processors are busy at work, they obviously generate heat continuously as they compute. Depending on variable loads, the temperatures are also affected. The main goal behind cooling is always to keep such temperatures down, especially when the processors are operating under a full load. It is always good practice to also...