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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

Exploring machine learning training modules

Machine learning emerged as a technique by which a computer can learn from data, without using a complex set of different rules. This approach is mainly based on training a model from datasets. The better the quality of the datasets, the better the accuracy of the machine learning model:

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A basic machine learning workflow involves all the steps illustrated in the preceding diagram. Also, the following flowchart describes the role of a machine learning algorithm in the practice of machine learning techniques. Both training and test data greatly influence a hypothesis, which can be further improved through performance-driven feedback to the same machine learning algorithm. The end result further strengthens the hypothesis:

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