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Load/Store Unit
LSU
Warp Scheduler
CUDA Core
Tensor Core
Streaming Multiprocessor Architecture
Texture Processing Cluster
TPC
Graphics/GPU Processing Cluster
GPC
Register File
L1 Data Cache
GPU RAM
Device Software
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CUDA (Programming Model)
Streaming ASSembler
SASS
Parallel Thread eXecution
PTX
Compute Capability
Thread
Warp
Cooperative Thread Array
Kernel
Thread Block
Thread Block Grid
Memory Hierarchy
Registers
Shared Memory
Global Memory
Host Software
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CUDA (Software Platform)
CUDA C++ (programming language)
NVIDIA GPU Drivers
nvidia.ko
CUDA Driver API
libcuda.so
NVIDIA Management Library
NVML
libnvml.so
nvidia-smi
CUDA Runtime API
libcudart.so
NVIDIA CUDA Compiler Driver
nvcc
NVIDIA Runtime Compiler
NVIDIA CUDA Profiling Tools Interface
CUPTI
NVIDIA Nsight Systems
CUDA Binary Utilities
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Device Hardware
These terms and technologies are physical components of the GPU — the "device" in NVIDIA's lingo.
CUDA (Device Architecture)
Streaming Multiprocessor
SM
Core
Special Function Unit
SFU
Load/Store Unit
LSU
Warp Scheduler
CUDA Core
Tensor Core
Streaming Multiprocessor Architecture
Texture Processing Cluster
TPC
Graphics/GPU Processing Cluster
GPC
Register File
L1 Data Cache
GPU RAM
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