[ OPENCL IN ACTION: HOW TO ACCELERATE GRAPHICS AND COMPUTATION - IPS [ OPENCL IN ACTION: HOW TO ACCELERATE GRAPHICS AND COMPUTATION - IPS ] BY SCARPINO, MATTHEW ( AUTHOR )NOV-17-2011 PAPERBACK Paperback ] Scarpino, Matthew ( AUTHOR ) Nov - 17 - 2011 [ ...

by Matthew Scarpino

OpenCL (Open Computing Language) helps developers build high-performance applications by providing a single programming framework to build programs that execute on today's high-speed devices. Based on C and C++, it's a perfect tool to build number-crunching applications for graphics cards and multi-core processors.

OpenCL in Action provides a thorough, hands-on presentation of OpenCL, with an eye toward showing developers how to build high-performance applications of their own. It begins by presenting the core concepts behind OpenCL, including vector computing, parallel programming, and multi-threaded operations. It explains the fundamental data structures of OpenCL in an intuitive manner, proceeding from the simple to the complex. Practical coding guidance is presented throughout, with loads of valuable techniques and code examples included.

Genres: Computers, Computer Science, Programming

Paperback

First published October 28, 2011

Reviews

[Alex Ott · Rating 4 out of 5]

really, between 3 & 4, about 3.6-3.7...
Book provides introduction into OpenCL, basic concepts, structures, functions, etc. But some topics aren't covered in much details

[Mehmet Baran · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very good book. There is a problem with it, though: The canonical example of OpenCL is bitonic sort. The bitonic sort code in the book is given with almost no comment. The author gives a good explanation of the bitonic sort, but never tells which part of the algorithm corresponds to what block in the code..
I havent read the last chapter on combining OpenCl and OpenGL, which seems to be very interesting..

By reading this book, I got a lot of insights on the internal architecture of modern GPU's.