# Introduction

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Getting a GPU to run a computation is easy. Getting it to run that computation anywhere near what the hardware can actually do is the entire discipline. This book is about the gap between those two things, and about the vocabulary you need to reason about it.

## 3 sections

1.  [0.1Why kernels matter](https://learn-kernels.com/chapters/introduction/why-kernels-matter)
2.  [0.2How this book is organized](https://learn-kernels.com/chapters/introduction/how-this-book-is-organized)
3.  [0.3How to read it](https://learn-kernels.com/chapters/introduction/how-to-read-it)