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 Version 1.1
11/29/2007
NVIDIA CUDA Compute UnifiedDevice Architecture
Programming Guide
 
 
 
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CUDA Programming Guide Version 1.1
 
 
 
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to CUDA.......................................................................1
 
1.1
 
The Graphics Processor Unit as a Data-Parallel Computing Device...................1
 
1.2
 
CUDA: A New Architecture for Computing on the GPU....................................3
 
1.3
 
Document’s Structure...................................................................................6
 
Chapter 2. Programming Model.........................................................................7
 
2.1
 
 A Highly Multithreaded Coprocessor...............................................................7
 
2.2
 
Thread Batching...........................................................................................7
 
2.2.1
 
Thread Block.........................................................................................7
 
2.2.2
 
Grid of Thread Blocks.............................................................................8
 
2.3
 
Memory Model...........................................................................................10
 
Chapter 3. Hardware Implementation............................................................13
 
3.1
 
 A Set of SIMD Multiprocessors with On-Chip Shared Memory........................13
 
3.2
 
Execution Model.........................................................................................14
 
3.3
 
Compute Capability....................................................................................15
 
3.4
 
Multiple Devices.........................................................................................16
 
3.5
 
Mode Switches...........................................................................................16
 
Chapter 4. Application Programming Interface..............................................17
 
4.1
 
 An Extension to the C Programming Language.............................................17
 
4.2
 
Language Extensions..................................................................................17
 
4.2.1
 
Function Type Qualifiers.......................................................................18
 
4.2.1.1
 
 __device__
................................................................................18
 
4.2.1.2
 
 __global__
................................................................................18
 
4.2.1.3
 
 __host__
....................................................................................18
 
4.2.1.4
 
Restrictions...................................................................................18
 
4.2.2
 
 Variable Type Qualifiers.......................................................................19
 
4.2.2.1
 
 __device__
................................................................................19
 
4.2.2.2
 
 __constant__
............................................................................19
 
4.2.2.3
 
 __shared__
................................................................................19
 
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