Multicore and GPU Programming: An Integrated Approach

by Gerassimos Barlas

Multicore and GPU An Integrated Approach, Second Edition offers broad coverage of key parallel computing tools, essential for multi-core CPU programming and many-core "massively parallel" computing. Using threads, OpenMP, MPI, CUDA and other state-of-the-art tools, the book teaches the design and development of software capable of taking advantage of modern computing platforms that incorporate CPUs, GPUs and other accelerators. Presenting material refined over more than two decades of teaching parallel computing, author Gerassimos Barlas minimizes the challenge of transitioning from sequential programming to mastering parallel platforms with multiple examples, extensive case studies, and full source code. By using this book, readers will better understand how to develop programs that run over distributed memory machines using MPI, create multi-threaded applications with either libraries or directives, write optimized applications that balance the workload between available computing resources, and profile and debug programs targeting parallel machines.

1024 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2014

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

In conclusion, I wanted to like and use the book. Whenever I speak with the publisher, they always direct me to it, I just have to hope for something else to come along. Use it as a reference perhaps, but I am cautious in my recommendation.

(Full review at my blog)