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Sanders, Jason.
CUDA by example : an introduction to general-purpose GPU programming /
Jason Sanders, Edward Kandrot.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-13-138768-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Application software—Development. 2. Computer architecture. 3.
Parallel programming (Computer science) I. Kandrot, Edward. II. Title.
QA76.76.A65S255 2010
005.2'75—dc22
2010017618
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