CUDA this CUDA that, what cuda do?

[andrerocha09]

Although ATI Stream and CUDA are for programmers, anyone can use the application software written for these platforms. When you install and run an ATI Stream or CUDA application, it automatically executes on the x86 CPU and on the GPU, which does the heavy lifting. Most people won’t notice anything different—except better performance.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/amd_parallels_nvidia

my question about the cuda is, what are the programs that require cuda to work do we have, to test? will windows 7 make use of cuda too?

 

[BinarySynapse]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_home.html

 

[andrerocha09]

thanks.

q: do i need to use a computer language to use those applications, or do they run on their own (no need for any other software) ??

 

[BinarySynapse]

thanks.

q: do i need to use a computer language to use those applications, or do they run on their own (no need for any other software) ??

As far as I know, you just have to have a CUDA capable card and driver.

 

[kllrnohj]

will windows 7 make use of cuda too?

No, it won't. Nothing in CUDA is relevant to an OS and daily use apps, which are far better suited to a CPU. CUDA is good for a very specific problem set, and that is highly parallel floating point math. Most daily use apps, however, don't use any floating point and aren't highly parallel. Thus they are far better suited to a CPU, which has other tricks like out of order execution and branch prediction that GPUs lack.