From zero to hero CUDA for accelerating maths and machine learning on GPU.
MIT License
Author: Henry Ndubuaku
CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) is a parallel computing platform and programming model developed by NVIDIA. It allows software developers to leverage the immense parallel processing power of NVIDIA GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) for general-purpose computing tasks beyond their traditional role in graphics rendering. GPUs are designed with thousands of smaller, more efficient cores optimized for handling multiple tasks simultaneously. This makes them exceptionally well-suited for tasks that can be broken down into many independent operations, such as scientific simulations, machine learning, video processing, and more. CUDA enables substantial speedups compared to traditional CPU-only code for suitable applications. GPUs can process vast amounts of data in parallel, accelerating computations that would take much longer on CPUs. For certain types of workloads, GPUs can be more energy-efficient than CPUs, delivering higher performance per watt.
Host Code (CPU): This is standard C/C++ code that runs on the CPU. It typically includes:
Device Code (GPU): This code, often written using the CUDA C/C++ extension, is specifically designed to run on the GPU. It defines:
You can compile and run any file using nvcc <filename> -o output && ./output
, but be sure to have a GPU with the appropriate libraries installed. Starting from step 1, we progressively learn CUDA in the context of Mathematics and Machine Learning. Ideal for Researchers and Applied experts hoping to learn how to scale their algorithms on GPUS.