2009 21st International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing Profiling General Purpose GPU Applications Sao Paolo, Brazil October 28-October 31 ISBN: 978-0-7695-3857-0
We are witnessing an increasing adoption of GPUs for performing general purpose computation, which is usually known as GPGPU. The main challenge in developing such applications is that they often do not fit in the model required by the graphics processing devices, limiting the scope of applications that may be benefit from the computing power provided by GPUs. Even when the application fits GPU model, obtaining optimal resource usage is a complex task. In this work we propose a profiling tool for GPGPU applications. This tool use a profiling strategy based on performance predicates and is able to quantify the major sources of performance degradation while providing hints on how to improve the applications. We used our tool in CUDA programs and were able to understand and improve their performance.
Index Terms:
performance measurement, gpgpu, cuda
Citation:
Bruno Rocha Coutinho, George Luiz Medeiros Teodoro, Rafael Sachetto Oliveira, Dorgival Olavo Guedes Neto, Renato Antonio Celso Ferreira, "Profiling General Purpose GPU Applications," sbac-pad, pp.11-18, 2009 21st International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing, 2009 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||