CUDA programming

CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) is a technology developed by NVIDIA that allows programmers to use graphics processing units (GPUs) for general-purpose computing. Unlike traditional CPUs that handle a few tasks at a time, GPUs can perform thousands of operations simultaneously, making them ideal for intensive tasks like scientific calculations, image processing, and artificial intelligence. CUDA provides a toolkit and programming environment that enables developers to write code to tap into this parallel processing power, significantly speeding up complex computations compared to using a CPU alone.