PyCUDA
PyCUDA
http://mathema.tician.de/software/pycuda
PyCUDA lets you access Nvidia's CUDA parallel computation API from Python. Several wrappers of the CUDA API already exist-so what's so special about PyCUDA?
- Object cleanup tied to lifetime of objects. This idiom, often called RAII in C++, makes it much easier to write correct, leak- and crash-free code. PyCUDA knows about dependencies, too, so (for example) it won't detach from a context before all memory allocated in it is also freed.
- Convenience. Abstractions like pycuda.driver.SourceModule and pycuda.gpuarray.GPUArray make CUDA programming even more convenient than with Nvidia's C-based runtime.
- Completeness. PyCUDA puts the full power of CUDA's driver API at your disposal, if you wish. It also includes code for interoperability with OpenGL.
- Automatic Error Checking. All CUDA errors are automatically translated into Python exceptions.
- Speed. PyCUDA's base layer is written in C++, so all the niceties above are virtually free.
Documentation
http://documen.tician.de/pycuda
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Licensing
| License | Verified by | Verified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Kelly Hopkins | 6 April 2010 | |
| Expat | Kelly Hopkins | 6 April 2010 |
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
 Andreas Kloeckner | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Download | http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pycuda |
| Developer | Homepage | http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pycuda/0.94rc |
Software prerequisites
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