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GPU-Accelerated Computing with Python 3 and CUDA
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This chapter examined the CUDA execution model and GPU hardware architecture, analyzing how metrics such as occupancy, warp divergence, and memory bandwidth utilization impact performance. Since no single metric fully explains performance issues, and each may have multiple root causes, optimization often requires systematic investigation.
For peak performance, parallelism should be maximized to keep compute and memory operations in flight, hiding latency. Key strategies include the following:
In addition, coalesced and aligned global memory access is critical for minimizing waste. While shared memory and warp shuffle instructions can accelerate kernels that require data reuse, they add complexity and may not always improve performance. Efficient intrinsics should also be prioritized. Ultimately, timing, profiling...