Designing Scientific Applications on GPUs

General purpose graphics processing units (GPGPUs) enable researchers in a variety of fields to benefit from the computational power of all the cores available inside graphics cards. This book shows you how to use GPUs for applications in diverse scientific fields, from physics and mathematics to computer science. The book explains the methods necessary for designing or porting your scientific application on GPUs and will improve your knowledge about image processing, numerical applications, methodology to design efficient applications, optimization methods, and much more.