An overview of GPU

Project Option 3 of 6 – This is a project for a team of 2 students.

Topic: An Overview of GPU

The following content is from the book “Programming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach” written by David Kirk and Wen-mei W. Hwu.

Read Sections 1.1 to 1.3 of the book, and write a report of about 3 pages long. In your report, you should discuss the following content:

The differences between GPU and CPU

The demand of graphical performance on modern computers

The architecture of a modern GPU

The characteristics of CUDATM

You should also prepare for a presentation of 15~20 minutes long. You are responsible to make your own slides.