Chapter 1: Why CUDA? Why Now?

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Why CUDA? Why Now?

1.1 Chapter Objectives

1.2 The Age of Parallel Processing

1.2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS

1.3 The Rise of GPU Computing

1.3.1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF GPUS

1.3.2 EARLY GPU COMPUTING

1.4 CUDA

1.4.1 WHAT IS THE CUDA ARCHITECTURE?

1.4.2 USING THE CUDA ARCHITECTURE

1.5 Applications of CUDA

1.5.1 MEDICAL IMAGING

1.5.2 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS

1.5.3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

1.6 Chapter Review