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If you use Mac or Windows search iTunes for CUDA programming, or search Google for "Programming Massiveley Parallel Processors with CUDA" you should find videos

by octopus 16y ago

If you use Mac or Windows search iTunes for CUDA programming, or search Google for "Programming Massiveley Parallel Processors with CUDA" you should find videos and slides for this Stanford course. A good book about CUDA is:"CUDA by Example"

octopus 16y ago
If you want to program for general GPU devices, you could search for OpenCL (my first comment is valid only for NVIDIA GPU's). However you should bare in mind that coding for OpenCL is, at least now, an order of magnitude more complicated (personal opinion) than CUDA programming. With CUDA if you already know C is straightforward to get started.
- tomrod 16y ago
  Will look into it. I have experience with python, matlab/octave, R, and an itsy bitsy amount of C#/SQL/Java from another life (figuratively).
  - octopus 16y ago
    I think you could use Python for CUDA programming (I didn't tried that), see PyCUDA at: http://mathema.tician.de/software/pycuda http://mathema.tician.de/software/pycuda even Matlab has some bindings for CUDA: http://developer.nvidia.com/object/matlab_cuda.html http://developer.nvidia.com/object/matlab_cuda.html Bare in mind however that the original CUDA implementation uses C, so if you want the last drop of performance you will use C.
    - tomrod 16y ago
      Can OpenCL be implemented on systems which do not support CUDA? I have a relatively inexpensive HP bought about 3 years ago that, well, just won't run CUDA even with an nvidia card :-)
      - octopus 16y ago
        I don't think so, better check on NVIDIA forums to be sure ...
      - manvsmachine 16y ago
        If you're still talking about about NVIDIA cards, then no; their OpenCL implementation is based upon the CUDA architecture (technically, CUDA is the device architecture that supports GPGPU programming, not the language itself). That said, videocards are cheap these days, as long as you don't need the high-end: you can snag an entry-level Fermi card (GTS450) for right around $100 these days, or less if you go with something GT200-based.

by octopus 16y ago

octopus 16y ago

If you want to program for general GPU devices, you could search for OpenCL (my first comment is valid only for NVIDIA GPU's). However you should bare in mind that coding for OpenCL is, at least now, an order of magnitude more complicated (personal opinion) than CUDA programming. With CUDA if you already know C is straightforward to get started.

tomrod 16y ago
Will look into it. I have experience with python, matlab/octave, R, and an itsy bitsy amount of C#/SQL/Java from another life (figuratively).
- octopus 16y ago
  I think you could use Python for CUDA programming (I didn't tried that), see PyCUDA at: http://mathema.tician.de/software/pycuda http://mathema.tician.de/software/pycuda even Matlab has some bindings for CUDA: http://developer.nvidia.com/object/matlab_cuda.html http://developer.nvidia.com/object/matlab_cuda.html Bare in mind however that the original CUDA implementation uses C, so if you want the last drop of performance you will use C.
  - tomrod 16y ago
    Can OpenCL be implemented on systems which do not support CUDA? I have a relatively inexpensive HP bought about 3 years ago that, well, just won't run CUDA even with an nvidia card :-)
    - octopus 16y ago
      I don't think so, better check on NVIDIA forums to be sure ...
    - manvsmachine 16y ago
      If you're still talking about about NVIDIA cards, then no; their OpenCL implementation is based upon the CUDA architecture (technically, CUDA is the device architecture that supports GPGPU programming, not the language itself). That said, videocards are cheap these days, as long as you don't need the high-end: you can snag an entry-level Fermi card (GTS450) for right around $100 these days, or less if you go with something GT200-based.