Hands-On GPU Programming with Python and CUDA: Explore high-performance parallel computing with CUDA

✍ Scribed by Dr. Brian Tuomanen

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Hands-On GPU Programming with Python and CUDA hits the ground running: you'll start by learning how to apply Amdahl's Law, use a code profiler to identify bottlenecks in your Python code, and set up an appropriate GPU programming environment. You'll then see how to “query” the GPU's features and copy arrays of data to and from the GPU's own memory.

As you make your way through the book, you'll launch code directly onto the GPU and write full blown GPU kernels and device functions in CUDA C. You'll get to grips with profiling GPU code effectively and fully test and debug your code using Nsight IDE. Next, you'll explore some of the more well-known NVIDIA libraries, such as cuFFT and cuBLAS.

With a solid background in place, you will now apply your new-found knowledge to develop your very own GPU-based deep neural network from scratch. You'll then explore advanced topics, such as warp shuffling, dynamic parallelism, and PTX assembly. In the final chapter, you'll see some topics and applications related to GPU programming that you may wish to pursue, including AI, graphics, and blockchain.

By the end of this book, you will be able to apply GPU programming to problems related to data science and high-performance computing.
What you will learn

Launch GPU code directly from Python
Write effective and efficient GPU kernels and device functions
Use libraries such as cuFFT, cuBLAS, and cuSolver
Debug and profile your code with Nsight and Visual Profiler
Apply GPU programming to datascience problems
Build a GPU-based deep neuralnetwork from scratch
Explore advanced GPU hardware features, such as warp shuffling

Who this book is for

Hands-On GPU Programming with Python and CUDA is for developers and data scientists who want to learn the basics of effective GPU programming to improve performance using Python code. You should have an understanding of first-year college or university-level engineering mathematics and physics, and have some experience with Python as well as in any C-based programming language such as C, C++, Go, or Java.

✦ Table of Contents

Why GPU Programming?
Setting Up Your GPU Programming Environment
Getting Started with PyCUDA
Kernels, Threads, Blocks, and Grids
Streams, Events, Contexts, and Concurrency
Debugging and Profiling Your CUDA Code
Using the CUDA Libraries with Scikit-CUDA Draft complete
The CUDA Device Function Libraries and Thrust
Implementing a Deep Neural Network
Working with Compiled GPU Code
Performance Optimization in CUDA
Where to Go from Here

✦ Subjects

CUDA, PYTHON, GPU