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GPU Computing Fundamentals Tutorial with Examples.

GPU computing tutorial for beginners: core architecture concepts like SIMT execution, memory coalescing, occupancy and hardware parallelism.

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Beginner

Start here — no prior experience needed

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gpu-fundamentals beginner
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GPU Fundamentals: SIMT & Memory Hierarchy

Learn SIMT execution, warps, branch divergence and the GPU memory hierarchy (registers, shared, L2, DRAM) from CUDA programs run on a real T4.

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Intermediate

For developers with core concepts down

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gpu-fundamentals intermediate
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GPU Fundamentals: Coalescing & Occupancy

Measure how coalesced memory access and occupancy change GPU bandwidth, with CUDA programs timed on a real Tesla T4: strides, layouts and block sizes.

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Advanced

Production-grade patterns for experienced engineers

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GPU Fundamentals: Profiling Metrics & Roofline

Use the roofline model, CUDA event timing, Nsight Compute and Nsight Systems on a real Tesla T4 to tell memory-bound kernels from compute-bound ones.

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