GPU Glossary

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Device Hardware

CUDA (Device Architecture)

Streaming Multiprocessor

Special Function Unit

Load/Store Unit

Streaming Multiprocessor Architecture

Texture Processing Cluster

Graphics/GPU Processing Cluster

Device Software

CUDA (Programming Model)

Streaming ASSembler

Parallel Thread eXecution

Compute Capability

Cooperative Thread Array

Thread Block Grid

Memory Hierarchy

CUDA (Software Platform)

CUDA C++ (programming language)

NVIDIA GPU Drivers

CUDA Driver API

NVIDIA Management Library

CUDA Runtime API

NVIDIA CUDA Compiler Driver

NVIDIA Runtime Compiler

NVIDIA CUDA Profiling Tools Interface

NVIDIA Nsight Systems

CUDA Binary Utilities

/host-software

Host Software

These terms and technologies are used on the CPU (the "host" in NVIDIA's lingo) when running GPU programs.

CUDA (Software Platform)

CUDA C++ (programming language)

NVIDIA GPU Drivers

CUDA Driver API

NVIDIA Management Library

CUDA Runtime API

NVIDIA CUDA Compiler Driver

NVIDIA Runtime Compiler

NVIDIA CUDA Profiling Tools Interface

NVIDIA Nsight Systems

CUDA Binary Utilities

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