A performance study of general-purpose applications on graphics processors using CUDA

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1370-1380

  Che, Shuai ^a   Boyer, Michael ^a   Meng, Jiayuan ^a   Tarjan, David ^a   Sheaffer, Jeremy W ^a   Skadron, Kevin ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

CUDA; GPGPU; GPU; Graphics processors; Heterogeneous computing organizations; Manycore; Multicore; OpenMP; Parallel programming

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTERS; PROGRAMMING THEORY;

CUDA; GPGPU; GPU; GRAPHICS PROCESSORS; HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING ORGANIZATIONS; MANYCORE; MULTICORE; OPENMP; PARALLEL PROGRAMMING;

APPLICATIONS;

EID: 51449118065     PISSN: 07437315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpdc.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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