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HPC

Python Task Views: High Performance Computing

Packages that help support HPC. Python is slow compared to lower level / compiled languages. A common approach to make full use of existing CPU is to extend the language via bindings to a faster language.

Functionality (PyPI Link) Description / Remarks Other
Bindings to C/C++ Cython, pybind11
Bindings to other languages (Java, Rust) py4j , pyO3
Multi-threading Built-in (thread)
Multi-core multiprocessing
Spark interface pySpark
GPU Computing pyCUDA Offered also built-in in some packages (e.g pytorch, tensorflow)
Distributed Data dask