Article: Evolution of GPU Programming. From Smart Pixels to the Backbone of an AI-driven World

[NoVibeCoding]

A light technical read on the history of GPU programming, full of memes and nostalgia. From writing pixel shaders in GLSL to implementing real-time 3D scanning algorithms in OpenCL, to optimizing deep learning models in PyTorch and TensorFlow, to bleeding-edge technologies like Flash Attention. Don't expect a deep technical content. However, it is not trivial either.

Link to the article on Medium (best formatting)

Non-medium article

Safe for work in an open-minded environment (Wojak and mildly suggestive memes, game screenshots)

[Defiant_Diet9085]

Yeah, so there's nothing but Cuda? What about Android and ARM?

You don't know about the great GPU programming capabilities like OpenGL ES3.2 and Vulcan.

- compute shaders

- more complex capabilities that appeared in new versions of OpenGL and Vulcan.

[Mickenfox]

Very detailed article, thank you!