Introduction to GPUsCS378 – Spring 2015Sreepathi PaiOutline● Introduction to Accelerators
– Specifically, GPUs– What can you use them for?– When should you consider using them?● GPU Programming Models
– How to write programs that use GPUsBeyond the CPU● Single-core CPU performance has essentially
stagnated● 10 years ago, the solution was multicore and
increased parallelism
– x86: 16 cores on chip, AMD Interlagos, 2011● Applications need increased performance
– Big data, brain simulation, scien
