OpenCL programming by example

This book follows an example-driven, simplified, and practical approach to using OpenCL for general purpose GPU programming. If you are a beginner in parallel programming and would like to quickly accelerate your algorithms using OpenCL, this book is perfect for you! You will find the diverse topics and case studies in this book interesting and informative. You will only require a good knowledge of C programming for this book, and an understanding of parallel implementations will be useful, but not necessary.

Includes index.

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Hello OpenCL; Advances in computer architecture; Different parallel programming techniques; OpenMP; MPI; OpenACC; CUDA; CUDA or OpenCL?; Renderscripts; Hybrid parallel computing model; Introduction to OpenCL; Hardware and software vendors; Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD); NVIDIA®; Intel®; ARM MaliTM GPUs; OpenCL components; An example OpenCL program; Basic software requirements; Windows; Linux; Installing and setting up an OpenCL compliant computer; Installation steps.

Installing OpenCL on a Linux system with an AMD graphics cardInstalling OpenCL on a Linux system with an NVIDIA graphics card; Installing OpenCL on a Windows system with an AMD graphics card; Installing OpenCL on a Windows system with an NVIDIA graphics card; Apple OSX; Multiple installations; Implement the SAXPY routine in OpenCL; Summary; References; Chapter 2: OpenCL Architecture; Platform model; AMD A10 5800K APUs; AMD RadeonTM HD 7870 Graphics Processor; NVIDIA® GeForce® GTC 680 GPU; Intel® IVY bridge; Platform versions; Query Platforms; Query devices; Execution model; NDRange.

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