Posts tagged ‘unsorted’

Searching is a common task in computer science, and fortunately, it is also perfectly suited for CUDA. For this article, we’re talking about searching through an unsorted text file for a specific word or phrase. For example, if you have a 50 megabyte text file open in Microsoft Visual Studio, you’re sure to notice that searching for a word can take several seconds, which is more than any person wants to wait just to find a word in a document. This article will demonstrate a simple kernel which can perform simple string matches.

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