GPU

The GPU is a processor that is made up of many smaller and more specialized cores. By working together, these cores deliver massive performance when a processing task can be divided up and processed across these cores.

GPUs began as specialized ASICs - Application Specific Integrated Circuit developed to accelerate specific 3D rendering tasks.

Over time, these fixed-function engines became more programmable and more flexible. While graphics and the increasingly lifelike visuals of today’s top games remain their principal function, GPUs have evolved to become more general-purpose parallel processors as well, handling a growing range of applications.

Initially GPUs were solving computer graphics related problems in Gaming The General Purpose GPU (GPGPU) plays a vital role in the deep learning and parallel computing.

What is CUDA?

Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) is is a parallel computing platform developed by NVIDIA. It enables software programs to perform calculations using both the CPU and GPU.