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However, in the recent years, such capability is being harnessed more broadly to accelerate computational workloads of the cutting-edge scientific research areas. | However, in the recent years, such capability is being harnessed more broadly to accelerate computational workloads of the cutting-edge scientific research areas. | ||
=What is CUDA ?= | =What is CUDA?= | ||
'''CUDA''' = '''C'''ompute '''U'''nified '''D'''evice '''A'''rchitecture | '''CUDA''' = '''C'''ompute '''U'''nified '''D'''evice '''A'''rchitecture | ||
Provides access to instructions and memory of massively parallel elements in GPU. | Provides access to instructions and memory of massively parallel elements in a GPU. | ||
Another definition: CUDA is scalable parallel programming model and software environment for parallel computing. | Another definition: CUDA is a scalable parallel programming model and software environment for parallel computing. | ||
=CUDA GPU Architecture = | =CUDA GPU Architecture = | ||
There two main components of the GPU: | There two main components of the GPU: | ||