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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

Installing PyCUDA for Python within an existing CUDA environment

Since we have already learned about CUDA's installation and implementation, it will now be easier for us to get started with our PyCUDA installation procedure for Python. You also do not need to install Python as it is already available (both 2.x and 3.x) with a freshly installed version of the Ubuntu 18.04 Linux operating system.

As we have also learned about Anaconda and its setup, we can also make use of Python 2.x or 3.x, which is readily available with an existing Anaconda configuration. Setting up PyCUDA will enable implementing CUDA kernels within your existing Python setup of choice and then computing with it on your NVIDIA GPU.

There are primarily two methods of installation.

Anaconda-based installation...