Inspiration for CUDA Experts in the Natural Sciences

The book “GPU Computing Gems (Emerald Edition)” is a collection of 50 scientific articles about experiences using GPU computing in various subject areas.

All articles have a similar structure: the abstract is followed by the theoretical foundations, some of which are very mathematical. Then the kernels are presented, which are in turn optimized. Finally, the performance is compared with the CPU.

The authors present techniques here that allowed them to achieve significant performance gains. As a CUDA developer, I found this interesting in many places.

However, I cannot recommend this book without reservation. The reader must have an enthusiasm for CUDA and for scientific algorithms. If you just want to learn optimization with CUDA, this is not the right book.

P.S. The book was published back in 2011, so some parts are already outdated. I am only reviewing it now because I have only just finished reading all 50 articles.

• Wen-Mei W. Hwu
• GPU Computing Gems (Emerald Edition)
• Morgan Kaufmann
• 2011

See also the review on Amazon.