We are entering the golden age of GPU computing. Since the introduction of CUDA in 2007, more than 100 million computers with CUDA-capable GPUs have been shipped to end users. Unlike the previous GPGPU shader programming models, CUDA supports parallel programming in C. From my own experience in teaching CUDA programming, C programmers...

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• 100% complete coverage of all official objectives for Sun Solaris exams CX-310-200 and CX-310-202
• Exam Readiness Checklist at the front of the book--you're ready for the exam when all objectives on the list are checked off...