Table 1 Differences between memory types in CUDA
From: Protein alignment algorithms with an efficient backtracking routine on multiple GPUs
Memory type | Located on chip | Cached | Access | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Registers | yes | n/a | R/W | Thread |
Local | no | no/yes* | R/W | Thread |
Shared | yes | n/a | R/W | Block |
Global | no | no/yes* | R/W | Program |
Constant | no | yes | R | Program |
Texture | no | yes | R | Program |