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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

Basic CUDA concepts

Since we have discussed various points of Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) in our earlier chapters, let's now focus on its technical aspects and GPU programmability.

Apart from the installation procedure that's unique to CUDA, the remaining concepts that will be discussed here in brief will be useful for getting started with GPU programming on all platforms.

Installing and testing

Before we discuss some fundamental GPU programming concepts, it is essential that we revisit the CUDA installation and testing procedure that we covered earlier in Chapter 2, Designing a GPU Computing Strategy, while concluding the DIY section. Step-by-step screenshots of a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 Linux installation...