Tutorial: CUDA programming in Python with numba and cupy

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  • čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
  • /Using the GPU can substantially speed up all kinds of numerical problems. Conventional wisdom dictates that for fast numerics you need to be a C/C++ wizz. It turns out that you can get quite far with only python. In this video, I explain how you can use cupy together with numba to perform calculations on NVIDIA GPU's. Production quality is not the best, but I hope you may find it useful.
    00:00 Introduction: GPU programming in python, why?
    06:52 Cupy intro
    08:39 Cupy demonstration in Google colab
    19:54 Cupy summary
    20:21 Numba.cuda and kernels intro
    25:07 Grids, blocks and threads
    27:12 Matrix multiplication kernel
    29:20 Tiled matrix multiplication kernel and shared memory
    34:31 Numba.cuda demonstration in Google colab
    44:25 Final remarks
    Edit 3/9/2021: the notebook is use for demonstration can be found here colab.research.google.com/dri...
    Edit 9/9/2021: at 23:56 one of the grid elements should be labeled 1,3 instead of 1,2. Thanks to _______ for pointing this out.
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Komentáře • 73

  • @ErolErten
    @ErolErten Před rokem +11

    I have been looking into gpu programming using numba and python for a while, this seems to be the best tutorial I was able to find so far.. . thank you

  • @Omgtired
    @Omgtired Před rokem +14

    Thank you so much. Probably the best introdution to CUDA with Python. The example you use, while very basic, touches on usage of blocks, which is usually omitted in other introduction-level tutorials. Great stuff! Hope you return with some more videos. I have subscribed!

    • @kayakMike1000
      @kayakMike1000 Před rokem

      Cuda is bullshit closed source. Just wait for Tenstorrent, it's gonna be HUGE.

  • @taj-ulislam6902
    @taj-ulislam6902 Před 2 měsíci

    Definitely a lot of new material not seen else where - not a run-of-the-mill video. Great job on originality.

  • @kineticraft6977
    @kineticraft6977 Před 11 měsíci +1

    This reminds me a lot of the mindset you need to program in assembly.

  • @prietjepruck
    @prietjepruck Před rokem +1

    Really great introduction to GPU programming. I hope you make a new one soon.

  • @andrjo
    @andrjo Před 2 lety +8

    wanted to comment that the information in this presentation is very well structured and the flow is excellent.

  • @ouaililydia3835
    @ouaililydia3835 Před rokem +1

    thank you so much, it is the best explaination i found. Please keep going and give us more information and examples on that

  • @vallurirajesh
    @vallurirajesh Před 2 lety +11

    Thank you so very much. This is the exact kind of material I was looking for on this very specific subject. Kudos.

  • @jakob3267
    @jakob3267 Před 2 lety +2

    Really nice video, thank you for sharing!

  • @thousandTabs
    @thousandTabs Před rokem +1

    this was such an excellent video, thank you so much!

  • @shaheeng8034
    @shaheeng8034 Před 3 měsíci

    Thanks a lot! Still the best guide I could find.

  • @______373
    @______373 Před 2 lety +9

    wait i tought that this made by some popular channel, done pretty well and then saw, 29 subscribers

    • @nickcorn93
      @nickcorn93  Před 2 lety +8

      you would be surprised what powerpoint can do. To be honest I don't enjoy making videos that much, it's a lot of work, it always turns out kind of shit (especially audio and webcam quality), and I get nothing in return. But when I encounter a really niche topic that I struggled with myself and I don't find many resources for it I figure I make it myself hopefully such that it may be useful to someone else.

    • @______373
      @______373 Před 2 lety

      @@nickcorn93 "nickcorn93
      nickcorn93
      2 hours ago
      you would be surprised what powerpoint can do." not only powerpoint))))))

  • @Zysperro
    @Zysperro Před 2 lety +1

    Just what I needed! Thanks!

  • @leaodev
    @leaodev Před 2 lety +2

    Great video, nick!

  • @LoneXeaglE
    @LoneXeaglE Před rokem +1

    Thank you so much sir, you are an amazing human being !

  • @silkworm6861
    @silkworm6861 Před 2 lety +5

    This is a great video!

  • @PhoenixReflex
    @PhoenixReflex Před 7 měsíci

    Thank you so much. Keep up the hard work. Just hoping that more and more libraries in python will support GPU computations soon.

  • @tooniatoonia2830
    @tooniatoonia2830 Před 11 měsíci

    Really learnt a lot here, thanks!💪

  • @localhost_mds
    @localhost_mds Před rokem +1

    thank you. good video!!! it was very helpful

  • @Shoz_
    @Shoz_ Před rokem +2

    Thank you, this is gold

  • @therealbatman664
    @therealbatman664 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks a lot really got me started .

  • @mfatihaydogdu7
    @mfatihaydogdu7 Před rokem +1

    Very helpful, thank you.

  • @sciencewolf963
    @sciencewolf963 Před 2 lety +13

    Excellent explanation, keep going with this content man ;)

  • @duongkstn
    @duongkstn Před rokem +2

    great tut ! thanks

  • @terriplays1726
    @terriplays1726 Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks for the video, I found the first half and the wrap up really excellent.

  • @ArijitBhattacharya971
    @ArijitBhattacharya971 Před 2 lety +1

    wold love to see a video on what are a few CUDA programming challenges

  • @srepmub
    @srepmub Před rokem +2

    fantastic video.

  • @dfrank5157
    @dfrank5157 Před 2 lety +3

    This is really helpful for my computing. Thank you.

  • @Khaled_Elsadani
    @Khaled_Elsadani Před 6 měsíci

    Thanks for sharing INFO

  • @user-tx1we1hw8b
    @user-tx1we1hw8b Před rokem +1

    thank you! super helpful

  • @lfmtube
    @lfmtube Před 2 lety +1

    Perfect Video! Saw was revealing to me to understand how it works. Thank you! I am a new subscriber of your channel. Regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • @timharris72
    @timharris72 Před 2 lety +1

    This was really good. Thanks for posting this!

  • @plumberski8854
    @plumberski8854 Před rokem +1

    Great intro for me. Waiting for my new GPU (likely 4060 Ti) for me to dig deeper into Python, CUDA, deep learning ...

  • @rezidwipradana495
    @rezidwipradana495 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you very much

  • @nucspartan321
    @nucspartan321 Před rokem +1

    Great video

  • @1Eagler
    @1Eagler Před rokem +1

    Very educational. One thing I've missed: The function matmul is running on the PC or the GPU?

  • @mattiskardell
    @mattiskardell Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you so much

  • @zaharkohut7881
    @zaharkohut7881 Před rokem

    Thank you for this tutorial, it has been very helpful! But since it is only an introduction could anyone tell me what I should watch or read next on this topic? Thanks in advance for the advice!

  • @Julian-tf8nj
    @Julian-tf8nj Před 2 lety +1

    VERY helpful, thank you!!!!

  • @garywilliams4214
    @garywilliams4214 Před 9 měsíci

    Great tutorial, Nick! One minor critique: your pronunciation of ‘array’ was confusing…a more standard pronunciation is “uh-RAY”.

  • @user-um9sl1kj6u
    @user-um9sl1kj6u Před 11 měsíci +1

    What about if you want to develop a library for neural net work?
    A highly specialized library

  • @AngeloHafner
    @AngeloHafner Před 7 měsíci

    Muito bom...

  • @glenneric1
    @glenneric1 Před 2 lety +2

    You say ARRay, I say arRAY. Let's call the whole thing off. But seriously, good stuff.

    • @Julian-tf8nj
      @Julian-tf8nj Před 2 lety

      I kept thinking, "huh? what is he talking about?? Oh, he meant an ARRay!" lol
      Other than that, awesome vid!

    • @nickcorn93
      @nickcorn93  Před 2 lety +2

      Interesting, so I've basically been pronouncing array incorrectly my whole life. Will try to watch out for that in the future.

    • @glenneric1
      @glenneric1 Před rokem

      @@nickcorn93 I've heard other people saying it your way too.

    • @rweaver6
      @rweaver6 Před rokem

      ​@@nickcorn93 it was very distracting. Work on it google it and use the pronunciation feature.
      Otherwise outstanding and very useful tutorial.

  • @gauravdeshpande4298
    @gauravdeshpande4298 Před rokem

    I am unable to install cupyx from pip any help

  • @0Clappy
    @0Clappy Před rokem +2

    Can you do a tutorial series on how to accelerate things using cuda python?

    • @nickcorn93
      @nickcorn93  Před rokem

      I've thought about it but it's a lot of work to make and edit a silly video like this, and at the moment I really don't have the time. I don't get anything for making these videos.

  • @billyblackburn864
    @billyblackburn864 Před 2 lety +1

    hi, I have a program that I want to translate to numba. could you help me?

    • @nickcorn93
      @nickcorn93  Před 2 lety

      - what should the program do?
      - who is the program for?
      - what is it currently written in?

  • @HectorHernandez-ws3el
    @HectorHernandez-ws3el Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for the video, it isn´t very information about, sorry for my english

  • @niffoxichere8394
    @niffoxichere8394 Před 2 lety

    is it only me or the cooling fan going brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

  • @jakubkahoun8383
    @jakubkahoun8383 Před 2 lety +1

    Hi, I m trying this on my local computer, but cannot install Cupy, I have NVida geforece RTX 3060. EDIT: Installed CUDA 11.6 toolkit and it works now.

    • @nickcorn93
      @nickcorn93  Před 2 lety

      What is your OS? You may be having issues if you are using windows and pip. Easiest to install cupy in a conda virtual environment, as it will also install the cuda toolkit.

    • @jakubkahoun8383
      @jakubkahoun8383 Před 2 lety

      @@nickcorn93 Sorry for bother you, the problem was not installing Cuda Toolkit, srly I hate people who doesnt watch full video closely and ask stupid questions....and now I m one of them :D. Thx alot for this tutorial in 2 months i will try write my own GPU operator for my program, would be interting if this will be faster than CPU. (Btw using normal Visual code in python 3.10 env. on win 11, so far so good. (Altrough i have some code output delay problem when using openCV for some strange reason)

  • @richardbennett4365
    @richardbennett4365 Před rokem +1

    Wait. At 12:10, the narrator says the timeit magic function reports a duration of 5 ms, but the number is 0.01 ms from 6 ms. The number us far away from 5 compared to 6. It shoukd be 6 ms if he's rounding, not 5 ms. He's truncating the decimals to arrive at an integer.

    • @nickcorn93
      @nickcorn93  Před rokem +1

      Congratulations, you have invalidated the entire video by spotting this massive mistake ;) !

    • @richardbennett4365
      @richardbennett4365 Před rokem

      @@nickcorn93 🆗.

  • @wrcz
    @wrcz Před 8 dny

    all these tutorials using light mode while I learn at night... I'm gonna go blind :X

  • @nigmaxus
    @nigmaxus Před rokem

    Cupy does not install well through the use of pip

    • @nickcorn93
      @nickcorn93  Před rokem

      typically it is easier via conda yes.

  • @kayakMike1000
    @kayakMike1000 Před rokem +1

    GPUs aren't general purpose... sigh... They are really good at specific executing the same operation on many data banks. It just happens to be similair type of needs for graphics an machine learning

    • @nickcorn93
      @nickcorn93  Před rokem

      Isn't that what I say in this video? Did you even watch it?

  • @jesusmtz29
    @jesusmtz29 Před 3 měsíci

    Approximate arbitrary function? There are caveats.

  • @TheAIEpiphany
    @TheAIEpiphany Před 11 měsíci

    Something is seriously off with your fast matmul implementation, it's 3 orders of magnitude slower than the built-in method (12.5 ms vs 8.82 us)?
    You probably have some host-device copying going on?

    • @nickcorn93
      @nickcorn93  Před 11 měsíci

      The matmul example shown is the example from the numba documentation so I don't think it's wrong. It's (relatively) slow because matrix multiplication is something that is so common, it is insanely optimized in available implementations. You won't write a matrix multiplication implementation with numba that's faster than cupy. But if you have something custom you need to do, a custom kernel can be faster than a combination of cupy operations.

  • @snapo1750
    @snapo1750 Před rokem +1

    There is a python opencl package (pyopencl)
    a = pyopencl.array.arange(queue, 400, dtype=numpy.float32)
    b = pyopencl.array.arange(queue, 400, dtype=numpy.float32)
    krnl = ReductionKernel(ctx, numpy.float32, neutral="0",
    reduce_expr="a+b", map_expr="x[i]*y[i]",
    arguments="__global float *x, __global float *y")
    my_dot_prod = krnl(a, b).get()
    🙂 Benefit is it works on ALL GPU's not only Nvidia, (works on intel built in cpu gpu's and on amd gpus)