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GPU Solutions to Multi-scale Problems in Science and Engineering

  • Shows how GPU are used in many diverse problems in science and engineering gives examples of codes
  • Written in CUDA for diverse problems
  • Shows how algorithms can be implemented on GPU
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences (LNESS)

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Table of contents (41 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introductory Material

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Why Do Scientists and Engineers Need GPU’s Today?

      • Matthew G. Knepley, David A. Yuen
      Pages 3-11
    3. Happenings at the GPU Conference

      • Xian-yu Lang, Long Wang, David A. Yuen
      Pages 13-30
  3. Hardware and Installations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
    2. GRAPE and GRAPE-DR

      • Junichiro Makino
      Pages 79-87
  4. Software Libraries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
  5. Software libraries

    1. Parray: A Unifying Array Representation for Heterogeneous Parallelism

      • Yifeng Chen, Xiang Cui, Hong Mei
      Pages 91-113
    2. Practical Random Linear Network Coding on GPUs

      • Xiaowen Chu, Kaiyong Zhao
      Pages 115-130
    3. Preliminary Implementation of PETSc Using GPUs

      • Victor Minden, Barry Smith, Matthew G. Knepley
      Pages 131-140
  6. Industrial Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
    2. Multi-scale Continuum-Particle Simulation on CPU–GPU Hybrid Supercomputer

      • Wei Ge, Ji Xu, Qingang Xiong, Xiaowei Wang, Feiguo Chen, Limin Wang et al.
      Pages 143-161
    3. GPU Best Practices for HPC Applications at Industry Scale

      • Peng Wang, Stan Posey
      Pages 163-172
    4. Simulation of 1D Condensing Flows with CESE Method on GPU Cluster

      • Wei Ran, Wan Cheng, Fenghua Qin, Xisheng Luo
      Pages 173-185
    5. High Performance Implementation of Binomial Option Pricing Using CUDA

      • Yechen Gui, Shenzhong Feng, Gaojin Wen, Guijuan Zhang, Yanyi Wan, Tao Liu
      Pages 201-214
    6. Research of Acceleration MS-Alignment Identifying Post-Translational Modifications on GPU

      • Zhai Yantang, Tu Qiang, Lang Xianyu, Lu Zhonghua, Chi Xuebin
      Pages 215-232
  7. Chemical Physical Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233
    2. GPU Tuning for First-Principle Electronic Structure Simulations

      • Yue Wu, Weile Jia, Lin-Wang Wang, Weiguo Gao, Long Wang, Xuebin Chi
      Pages 235-246

About this book

This book covers the new topic of GPU computing with many applications involved, taken from diverse fields such as networking, seismology, fluid mechanics, nano-materials, data-mining , earthquakes ,mantle convection, visualization. It will show the public why GPU computing is important and easy to use. It will offer a reason why GPU computing is useful and how to implement codes in an everyday situation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Minnesota, Dep. of Earth Sciences and Minnesota, Supercomputing Institute, Minneapolis, USA

    David A. Yuen

  • Network Information Center, Comuter Center and Computer, Beijing, China, People's Republic

    Long Wang

  • Supercomputing Center, Beijing, China, People's Republic

    Xuebin Chi

  • , Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, USA

    Lennart Johnsson

  • Inst. Process Engineering (IPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, People's Republic

    Wei Ge

  • , Laboratory of Computational Geodynamics,, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, People's Republic

    Yaolin Shi

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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