Chapter 1. Hello OpenCL
Parallel Computing has been extensively researched over the past few decades and had been the key research interest at many universities. Parallel Computing uses multiple processors or computers working together on a common algorithm or task. Due to the constraints in the available memory, performance of a single computing unit, and also the need to complete a task quickly, various parallel computing frameworks have been defined. All computers are parallel these days, even your handheld mobiles are multicore platforms and each of these parallel computers uses a parallel computing framework of their choice. Let's define Parallel Computing.
The Wikipedia definition says that, Parallel Computing is a form of computation in ...
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