If they want to keep their careers flourishing, all computer programmers need to adapt to new technologies from time to time.
The writer suggests that at present, the most significant tech advance is the use of graphics processing units (GPUs) beyond their original purpose of rendering graphics.
GPUs are now utilised for general-purpose computing, with CUDA, Nvidia’s proprietary platform, the main programming interface for this.
To exploit CUDA’s capabilities, programmers need Nvidia-supported GPUs and familiarity with the platform’s features, as explored in a blog on PySpur.dev.
While AMD’s ROCm is an open-source GPU platform, it is less popular and less effective than Nvidia’s, the writer notes.
To keep up with the latest computing trends, programmers should get started with GPU programming, the writer advises.
