Chapter 6
Dissecting a CPU/GPU OpenCL Implementation
Introduction
In Chapter 3, we discussed trade-offs present in different architectures, many of which support the execution of OpenCL programs. The design of OpenCL is such that the model maps capably to a wide range of architectures, allowing for tuning and acceleration of kernel code. In this chapter, we discuss OpenCL’s mapping to a real system in the form of a high-end AMD CPU combined with an AMD Radeon HD7970 GPU. Although AMD systems have been chosen to illustrate this mapping and implementation, each respective vendor has implemented a similar mapping for NVIDIA GPUs, Intel/ARM CPUs, and any OpenCL-compliant architecture.
OpenCL on an AMD Bulldozer CPU
AMD’s OpenCL implementation is designed ...
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