
GPU Programming in MATLAB
Description
Key Features
- Provides in-depth, comprehensive coverage of GPUs with MATLAB, including the parallel computing toolbox and built-in features for other MATLAB toolboxes
- Explains how to accelerate computationally heavy applications in MATLAB without the need to re-write them in another language
- Presents case studies illustrating key concepts across multiple fields
- Includes source code, sample datasets, and lecture slides
Readership
Scientists working in MATLAB who wish to leverage GPUs; high performance computing engineers wishing to incorporate MATLAB; students studying these topics
Table of Contents
- Dedication
- About the Authors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Abstract
- 1.1 Parallel Programming
- 1.2 GPU Programming
- 1.3 CUDA Architecture
- 1.4 Why GPU Programming in MATLAB? When to Use GPU Programming?
- 1.5 Our Approach: Organization of the Book
- 1.6 Chapter Review
- Chapter 2: Getting started
- Abstract
- Chapter Objectives
- 2.1 Hardware Requirements
- 2.2 Software Requirements
- 2.2.1 NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit
- 2.3 Chapter Review
- Chapter 3: Parallel Computing Toolbox
- Abstract
- 3.1 Product Description and Objectives
- 3.2 Parallel for-Loops (parfor)
- 3.3 Single Program Multiple Data (spmd)
- 3.4 Distributed and Codistributed Arrays
- 3.5 Interactive Parallel Development (pmode)
- 3.6 GPU Computing
- 3.7 Clusters and Job Scheduling
- 3.8 Chapter Review
- Chapter 4: Introduction to GPU programming in MATLAB
- Abstract
- 4.1 GPU Programming Features in MATLAB
- 4.2 GPU Arrays
- 4.3 Built-in MATLAB Functions for GPUs
- 4.4 Element-Wise MATLAB Code on GPUs
- 4.5 Chapter Review
- Chapter 5: GPU programming on MATLAB toolboxes
- Abstract
- 5.1 Communications System Toolbox
- 5.2 Image Processing Toolbox
- 5.3 Neural Network Toolbox
- 5.4 Phased Array System Toolbox
- 5.5 Signal Processing Toolbox
- 5.6 Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox
- 5.7 Chapter Review
- Chapter 6: Multiple GPUs
- Abstract
- 6.1 Identify and Run Code on a Specific GPU Device
- 6.2 Examples Using Multiple GPUs
- 6.3 Chapter Review
- Chapter 7: Run CUDA or PTX code
- Abstract
- 7.1 A Brief Introduction to CUDA C
- 7.2 Steps to Run CUDA or PTX Code on a GPU Through MATLAB
- 7.3 Example: Vector Addition
- 7.4 Example: Matrix Multiplication
- 7.5 Chapter Review
- Chapter 8: MATLAB MEX functions containing CUDA code
- Abstract
- 8.1 A Brief Introduction to MATLAB MEX Files
- 8.2 Steps to Run MATLAB MEX Functions on GPU
- 8.3 Example: Vector Addition
- 8.4 Example: Matrix Multiplication
- 8.5 Chapter Review
- Chapter 9: CUDA-accelerated libraries
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 cuBLAS
- 9.3 cuFFT
- 9.4 cuRAND
- 9.5 cuSOLVER
- 9.6 cuSPARSE
- 9.7 NPP
- 9.8 Thrust
- 9.9 Chapter Review
- Chapter 10: Profiling code and improving GPU performance
- Abstract
- 10.1 MATLAB Profiling
- 10.2 CUDA Profiling
- 10.3 Best Practices for Improving GPU Performance
- 10.4 Chapter Review
- References
- List of Examples
- Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 318
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Morgan Kaufmann 2016
- Published: July 28, 2016
- Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128051320
- eBook ISBN: 9780128051337
About the Authors
Nikolaos Ploskas
interests are in:
Operations research,
Mathematical programming,
Linear programming,
Parallel programming,
GPU programming,
Decision support systems.
Dr. Ploskas has participated in several international and national research projects. He is the author or co-author of writings in more than 40 publications, including high-impact journals and book chapters, and conference publications. He has also served as a reviewer for many scientific journals. He received an honorary award from HELORS (Hellenic Operations Research Society) for the best doctoral dissertation in operations research (2014).
Affiliations and Expertise
Nikolaos Samaras
Linear/Non Linear optimization: theory, algorithms, and software
Network optimization: theory, algorithms, and software
Scientific computing: HPC, and GPU-programming
He has served on the editorial board of the Operations Research: An International Journal, and as a reviewer in many scientific journals. He has also held numerous positions within HELORS (Hellenic Operations Research Society). He was awarded with the Thomson ISI/ASIS&T Citation Analysis Research Grant (2005).
Dr. Samaras has published more than 35 journal papers in high-impact journals, including Computational Optimization and Applications, Computers and Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, Discrete Optimization, Applied Mathematics and Computation, International Journal of Computer Mathematics, Electronics Letters, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Journal of Computational Science, and Applied Thermal Engineering. He has also published more than 85 conference papers.