
4. Programming with CUDA
Here, we take a brief look at the various features of the CUDA language and its programming. For further information, please refer to the documentation supplied with your CUDA installation.
4.1 Language extensions
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Functions
CUDA defines a series of keywords used to indicate whether a function is executable in the graphics card (device) or in the CPU (host):
__device__ indicates a function that can be called from the graphics card and executed on the graphics card;
__global__ indicates a function that can only be called from the CPU and executed on the graphics card;
__host__ indicates a function...
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Bibliography
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Websites
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HARRIS Mark General-Purpose Computation on Graphics Hardware http://gpgpu.org/ (page accessed September 20, 2015). The most important site on the subject with news, forums and tutorials.
NVIDIA Corporation CUDA Zone – The resource for CUDA developers...
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Conference and exhibition: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SuperComputing) http://www.sc-conference.org takes place every year, presenting trends and innovations in high-performance computing.
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