<DIV><p><b>Summary</b></p><p><i>OpenCL in Action</i> is a thorough, hands-on presentation of OpenCL, with an eye toward showing developers how to build high-performance applications of their own. It begins by presenting the core concepts behind OpenCL, including vector computing, parallel programming, and multi-threaded operations, and then guides you step-by-step from simple data structures to complex functions.</p> <b>About the Technology</b><p>Whatever system you have, it probably has more raw processing power than you're using. OpenCL is a high-performance programming language that maximizes computational power by executing on CPUs, graphics processors, and other number-crunching devices. It's perfect for speed-sensitive tasks like vector computing, matrix operations, and graphics acceleration.</p> <b>About this Book</b><p><i>OpenCL in Action</i> blends the theory of parallel computing with the practical reality of building high-performance applications using OpenCL. It first guides you through the fundamental data structures in an intuitive manner. Then, it explains techniques for high-speed sorting, image processing, matrix operations, and fast Fourier transform. The book concludes with a deep look at the all-important subject of graphics acceleration. Numerous challenging examples give you different ways to experiment with working code.</p><p>A background in C or C++ is helpful, but no prior exposure to OpenCL is needed.</p> <b>What's Inside</b><ul><li>Learn OpenCL step by step</li> <li>Tons of annotated code</li> <li>Tested algorithms for maximum performance</li></ul><p><B><I>*</I></B><B><I>*</I></B><B><I>*</I></B><B><I>*</I></B><B><I>*</I></B><B><I>*</I></B><B><I>*</I></B><B><I>*</I></B><B><I>*</I></B>**</p> <b>Table of Contents</b><ol><h5>PART 1 FOUNDATIONS OF OPENCL PROGRAMMING</h5> <li>Introducing OpenCL</li> <li>Host programming: fundamental data structures</li> <li>Host programming: data transfer and partitioning</li> <li>Kernel programming: data types and device memory</li> <li>Kernel programming: operators and functions </li><li>Image processing</li> <li>Events, profiling, and synchronization</li> <li>Development with C++ </li> <li>Development with Java and Python</li> <li>General coding principles</li> <h5>PART 2 CODING PRACTICAL ALGORITHMS IN OPENCL</h5> <li>Reduction and sorting</li> <li>Matrices and QR decomposition</li> <li>Sparse matrices</li> <li>Signal processing and the fast Fourier transform</li> <h5>PART 3 ACCELERATING OPENGL WITH OPENCL</h5> <li>Combining OpenCL and OpenGL</li> <li>Textures and renderbuffers</li></ol></div>