diff --git a/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/Makefile b/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/Makefile
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+
+BINARIES = $(basename $(wildcard v*pu.c*))
+
+all: $(BINARIES)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(BINARIES)
+
+%-cpu: %-cpu.c
+	gcc -std=c99 -pedantic -Wextra -O3 $< -lm -o $@
+
+%-gpu: %-gpu.cu
+	nvcc -gencode arch=compute_30,code=sm_30 -O3 $< -o $@
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diff --git a/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v01-cpu.c b/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v01-cpu.c
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+++ b/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v01-cpu.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+
+#define MAX_PATH_LEN (32 * 1024)
+#define MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS 16
+
+static void error(const char * message) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %s\n", message);
+    exit(-1);
+}
+
+static void usage(const char * message, const char * app) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s width height sigma file1 ... fileN\n", app);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Example: %s 1920 1080 3 f1.gray f2.gray f3.gray\n", app);
+    error(message);
+}
+
+static double timer_ms() {
+    struct timeval tv;
+    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+    return tv.tv_sec * 1000.0 + tv.tv_usec * 0.001;
+}
+
+static int saturate(int n, int max) {
+    return n < 0 ? 0 : (n < max ? n : max - 1);
+}
+
+static int get_pix(const uint8_t * src, int w, int h, int x, int y) {
+    return src[saturate(x, w) + saturate(y, h) * w];
+}
+
+static float gaussian(float sigma, float x) {
+    const float e = x / sigma;
+    return exp(-0.5 * e * e);
+}
+
+int main(int argn, char ** argv) {
+    if(argn < 4) {
+        usage("Wrong argument count", *argv);
+    }
+    
+    // read width and height
+    const int w = atoi(argv[1]);
+    const int h = atoi(argv[2]);
+    if(w < 1 || h < 1) {
+        usage("Both width and height must be positive integers", *argv);
+    }
+    const int pix_count = w * h;
+    
+    // read sigma and prepare normalized kernel (sum = 1)
+    const float sigma = atof(argv[3]);
+    float kernel[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + 1];
+    float kernel_sum = 0.0f;
+    for(int k = 0; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        kernel_sum += kernel[k] = gaussian(sigma, k);
+    }
+    kernel_sum = 2.0 * kernel_sum - kernel[0];
+    for(int k = 0; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        kernel[k] /= kernel_sum;
+    }
+    
+    // dump the kernel
+    printf("Convolution kernel:");
+    for(int k = -MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        printf(" %f", kernel[k < 0 ? -k : k]);
+    }
+    printf("\n");
+    
+    // prepare buffers
+    uint8_t * const data_ptr = (uint8_t*)malloc(pix_count);
+    uint8_t * const temp_ptr = (uint8_t*)malloc(pix_count);
+    
+    // measure time of processing of all images
+    const double begin = timer_ms();
+    for(int i = 4; i < argn; i++) {
+        // read input data
+        printf("Processing '%s'\n", argv[i]);
+        FILE * const src_file = fopen(argv[i], "rb");
+        if(NULL == src_file || 1 != fread(data_ptr, pix_count, 1, src_file)) {
+            error(argv[i]);
+        }
+        fclose(src_file);
+        
+        // vertical pass: for each pixel
+        uint8_t * out_pix_ptr = temp_ptr;
+        for(int y = 0; y < h; y++) {
+            for(int x = 0; x < w; x++) {
+                // sum up all weighted neighbors and the pixel itself
+                float result = kernel[0] * get_pix(data_ptr, w, h, x, y);
+                for(int k = 1; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+                    result += kernel[k] * (get_pix(data_ptr, w, h, x, y + k)
+                                         + get_pix(data_ptr, w, h, x, y - k));
+                }
+                *(out_pix_ptr++) = saturate((int)result, 256);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        // horizontal pass: for each pixel
+        out_pix_ptr = data_ptr;
+        for(int y = 0; y < h; y++) {
+            for(int x = 0; x < w; x++) {
+                // sum up all weighted neighbors and the pixel itself
+                float result = kernel[0] * get_pix(temp_ptr, w, h, x, y);
+                for(int k = 1; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+                    result += kernel[k] * (get_pix(temp_ptr, w, h, x + k, y)
+                                         + get_pix(temp_ptr, w, h, x - k, y));
+                }
+                *(out_pix_ptr++) = saturate((int)result, 256);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        // compose output filename
+        char out_path[MAX_PATH_LEN + 1];
+        snprintf(out_path, MAX_PATH_LEN, "%s.out.gray", argv[i]);
+        
+        // write data to output file
+        FILE * const out_file = fopen(out_path, "wb");
+        if(NULL == out_file || 1 != fwrite(data_ptr, pix_count, 1, out_file)) {
+            error(out_path);
+        }
+        fclose(out_file);
+    }
+    const double end = timer_ms();
+    
+    // print total time
+    printf("time: %f ms, %d images => %f ms/image\n",
+           end - begin, argn - 4, (end - begin) / (argn - 4));
+    
+    // cleanup
+    free(temp_ptr);
+    free(data_ptr);
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v02-gpu.cu b/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v02-gpu.cu
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index 0000000..b6082e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v02-gpu.cu
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+
+#define MAX_PATH_LEN (32 * 1024)
+#define MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS 16
+
+struct kernel_params {
+    float kernel[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + 1];
+    int w;
+    int h;
+};
+
+static void error(const char * message) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %s\n", message);
+    exit(-1);
+}
+
+static void usage(const char * message, const char * app) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s width height sigma file1 ... fileN\n", app);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Example: %s 1920 1080 3 f1.gray f2.gray f3.gray\n", app);
+    error(message);
+}
+
+static double timer_ms() {
+    struct timeval tv;
+    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+    return tv.tv_sec * 1000.0 + tv.tv_usec * 0.001;
+}
+
+static __device__ int saturate(int n, int max_value) {
+    return max(0, min(n, max_value - 1));
+}
+
+static __device__ int get_pix(const uint8_t * src, int w, int h, int x, int y) {
+    return (float)src[saturate(x, w) + saturate(y, h) * w];
+}
+
+template <int DX, int DY>
+static __global__ void convolution(kernel_params p, uint8_t * src, uint8_t * dest) {
+    // coordinates of processed pixel
+    const int x = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x * blockDim.x;
+    const int y = threadIdx.y + blockIdx.y * blockDim.y;
+    
+    // stop if out of bounds
+    if(x >= p.w || y >= p.h) {
+        return;
+    }
+    
+    // get weighted sum of neighbors
+    float result = p.kernel[0] * get_pix(src, p.w, p.h, x, y);
+    for(int k = 1; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        result += p.kernel[k] * (get_pix(src, p.w, p.h, x + k * DX, y + k * DY)
+                               + get_pix(src, p.w, p.h, x - k * DX, y - k * DY));
+    }
+    
+    // save result
+    dest[x + y * p.w] = saturate((int)result, 256);
+}
+
+
+static float gaussian(float sigma, float x) {
+    const float e = x / sigma;
+    return exp(-0.5 * e * e);
+}
+
+int main(int argn, char ** argv) {
+    kernel_params params;
+    
+    if(argn < 4) {
+        usage("Wrong argument count", *argv);
+    }
+    
+    // read width and height
+    params.w = atoi(argv[1]);
+    params.h = atoi(argv[2]);
+    if(params.w < 1 || params.h < 1) {
+        usage("Both width and height must be positive integers", *argv);
+    }
+    const int pix_count = params.w * params.h;
+    
+    // read sigma and prepare normalized kernel (sum = 1)
+    const float sigma = atof(argv[3]);
+    float kernel_sum = 0.0f;
+    for(int k = 0; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        kernel_sum += params.kernel[k] = gaussian(sigma, k);
+    }
+    kernel_sum = 2.0 * kernel_sum - params.kernel[0];
+    for(int k = 0; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        params.kernel[k] /= kernel_sum;
+    }
+    
+    // dump the kernel
+    printf("Convolution kernel:");
+    for(int k = -MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        printf(" %f", params.kernel[k < 0 ? -k : k]);
+    }
+    printf("\n");
+    
+    // prepare buffers
+    uint8_t * const data_ptr = (uint8_t*)malloc(pix_count);
+    uint8_t * data_gpu_ptr;
+    uint8_t * temp_gpu_ptr;
+    cudaMalloc((void**)&data_gpu_ptr, pix_count);
+    cudaMalloc((void**)&temp_gpu_ptr, pix_count);
+    
+    // measure time of processing of all images
+    const double begin = timer_ms();
+    for(int i = 4; i < argn; i++) {
+        // read input data
+        printf("Processing '%s'\n", argv[i]);
+        FILE * const src_file = fopen(argv[i], "rb");
+        if(NULL == src_file || 1 != fread(data_ptr, pix_count, 1, src_file)) {
+            error(argv[i]);
+        }
+        fclose(src_file);
+        
+        // copy data to GPU memory
+        cudaMemcpy(data_gpu_ptr, data_ptr, pix_count, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice);
+        
+        // launch vertical and horizontal pass
+        dim3 block(32, 32);
+        dim3 grid((params.w + block.x - 1) / block.x,
+                  (params.h + block.y - 1) / block.y);
+        convolution<0, 1><<<grid, block>>>(params, data_gpu_ptr, temp_gpu_ptr);
+        convolution<1, 0><<<grid, block>>>(params, temp_gpu_ptr, data_gpu_ptr);
+        
+        // copy data back from GPU
+        cudaMemcpy(data_ptr, data_gpu_ptr, pix_count, cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost);
+        
+        // compose output filename
+        char out_path[MAX_PATH_LEN + 1];
+        snprintf(out_path, MAX_PATH_LEN, "%s.out.gray", argv[i]);
+        
+        // write data to output file
+        FILE * const out_file = fopen(out_path, "wb");
+        if(NULL == out_file || 1 != fwrite(data_ptr, pix_count, 1, out_file)) {
+            error(out_path);
+        }
+        fclose(out_file);
+    }
+    const double end = timer_ms();
+    
+    // print total time
+    printf("time: %f ms, %d images => %f ms/image\n",
+           end - begin, argn - 4, (end - begin) / (argn - 4));
+    
+    // cleanup
+    free(data_ptr);
+    cudaFree(data_gpu_ptr);
+    cudaFree(temp_gpu_ptr);
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v03-cpu.c b/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v03-cpu.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d40ca0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v03-cpu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+
+#define MAX_PATH_LEN (32 * 1024)
+#define MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS 16
+
+static void error(const char * message) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %s\n", message);
+    exit(-1);
+}
+
+static void usage(const char * message, const char * app) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s width height sigma file1 ... fileN\n", app);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Example: %s 1920 1080 3 f1.gray f2.gray f3.gray\n", app);
+    error(message);
+}
+
+static double timer_ms() {
+    struct timeval tv;
+    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+    return tv.tv_sec * 1000.0 + tv.tv_usec * 0.001;
+}
+
+static int saturate(int n, int max) {
+    return n < 0 ? 0 : (n < max ? n : max - 1);
+}
+
+static int get_pix(const uint8_t * src, int w, int h, int x, int y) {
+    return src[saturate(x, w) + saturate(y, h) * w];
+}
+
+static float gaussian(float sigma, float x) {
+    const float e = x / sigma;
+    return exp(-0.5 * e * e);
+}
+
+int main(int argn, char ** argv) {
+    if(argn < 4) {
+        usage("Wrong argument count", *argv);
+    }
+    
+    // read width and height
+    const int w = atoi(argv[1]);
+    const int h = atoi(argv[2]);
+    if(w < 1 || h < 1) {
+        usage("Both width and height must be positive integers", *argv);
+    }
+    const int pix_count = w * h;
+    
+    // read sigma and prepare normalized kernel (sum = 1)
+    const float sigma = atof(argv[3]);
+    float kernel[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + 1];
+    float kernel_sum = 0.0f;
+    for(int k = 0; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        kernel_sum += kernel[k] = gaussian(sigma, k);
+    }
+    kernel_sum = 2.0 * kernel_sum - kernel[0];
+    for(int k = 0; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        kernel[k] /= kernel_sum;
+    }
+    
+    // dump the kernel
+    printf("Convolution kernel:");
+    for(int k = -MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        printf(" %f", kernel[k < 0 ? -k : k]);
+    }
+    printf("\n");
+    
+    // prepare buffers
+    uint8_t * const data_ptr = (uint8_t*)malloc(pix_count);
+    uint8_t * const temp_ptr = (uint8_t*)malloc(pix_count);
+    
+    // measure time of processing of all images
+    const double begin = timer_ms();
+    #pragma omp parallel for
+    for(int i = 4; i < argn; i++) {
+        // read input data
+        printf("Processing '%s'\n", argv[i]);
+        FILE * const src_file = fopen(argv[i], "rb");
+        if(NULL == src_file || 1 != fread(data_ptr, pix_count, 1, src_file)) {
+            error(argv[i]);
+        }
+        fclose(src_file);
+        
+        // vertical pass: for each pixel
+        uint8_t * out_pix_ptr = temp_ptr;
+        for(int y = 0; y < h; y++) {
+            for(int x = 0; x < w; x++) {
+                // sum up all weighted neighbors and the pixel itself
+                float result = kernel[0] * get_pix(data_ptr, w, h, x, y);
+                for(int k = 1; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+                    result += kernel[k] * (get_pix(data_ptr, w, h, x, y + k)
+                                         + get_pix(data_ptr, w, h, x, y - k));
+                }
+                *(out_pix_ptr++) = saturate((int)result, 256);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        // horizontal pass: for each pixel
+        out_pix_ptr = data_ptr;
+        for(int y = 0; y < h; y++) {
+            for(int x = 0; x < w; x++) {
+                // sum up all weighted neighbors and the pixel itself
+                float result = kernel[0] * get_pix(temp_ptr, w, h, x, y);
+                for(int k = 1; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+                    result += kernel[k] * (get_pix(temp_ptr, w, h, x + k, y)
+                                         + get_pix(temp_ptr, w, h, x - k, y));
+                }
+                *(out_pix_ptr++) = saturate((int)result, 256);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        // compose output filename
+        char out_path[MAX_PATH_LEN + 1];
+        snprintf(out_path, MAX_PATH_LEN, "%s.out.gray", argv[i]);
+        
+        // write data to output file
+        FILE * const out_file = fopen(out_path, "wb");
+        if(NULL == out_file || 1 != fwrite(data_ptr, pix_count, 1, out_file)) {
+            error(out_path);
+        }
+        fclose(out_file);
+    }
+    const double end = timer_ms();
+    
+    // print total time
+    printf("time: %f ms, %d images => %f ms/image\n",
+           end - begin, argn - 4, (end - begin) / (argn - 4));
+    
+    // cleanup
+    free(temp_ptr);
+    free(data_ptr);
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v04-gpu.cu b/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v04-gpu.cu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66e81ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v04-gpu.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+
+#define MAX_PATH_LEN (32 * 1024)
+#define MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS 16
+
+// thread block size
+#define TX 32
+#define TY 32
+
+struct kernel_params {
+    float kernel[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + 1];
+    int w;
+    int h;
+};
+
+static void error(const char * message) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %s\n", message);
+    exit(-1);
+}
+
+static void usage(const char * message, const char * app) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s width height sigma file1 ... fileN\n", app);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Example: %s 1920 1080 3 f1.gray f2.gray f3.gray\n", app);
+    error(message);
+}
+
+static double timer_ms() {
+    struct timeval tv;
+    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+    return tv.tv_sec * 1000.0 + tv.tv_usec * 0.001;
+}
+
+static __device__ int saturate(int n, int max_value) {
+    return max(0, min(n, max_value - 1));
+}
+
+static __device__ int get_pix(const uint8_t * src, int w, int h, int x, int y) {
+    return (float)src[saturate(x, w) + saturate(y, h) * w];
+}
+
+static __global__ void convolution_vertical(kernel_params p, uint8_t * src, uint8_t * dest) {
+    // coordinates of pixel processed by this thread
+    const int x = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x * TX;
+    const int y = threadIdx.y + blockIdx.y * TY;
+    
+    // shared cache for processed pixels
+    __shared__ float cache[TY + 2 * MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS][TX];
+    
+    // all threads populate shared cache
+    for(int ny = 0; ny < 2; ny++) {
+        cache[threadIdx.y + ny * TY][threadIdx.x]
+                = get_pix(src, p.w, p.h, x, y - MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + ny * TY);
+    }
+    
+    // wait for all threads of block to finish their contribution to cache
+    __syncthreads();
+    
+    // stop this thread if out of bounds
+    if(x >= p.w || y >= p.h) {
+        return;
+    }
+    
+    // get weighted sum of neighbors
+    float result = p.kernel[0] * cache[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.y][threadIdx.x];
+    for(int k = 1; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        result += p.kernel[k] * cache[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.y - k][threadIdx.x];
+        result += p.kernel[k] * cache[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.y + k][threadIdx.x];
+    }
+    
+    // save result
+    dest[x + y * p.w] = saturate((int)result, 256);
+}
+
+
+static __global__ void convolution_horizontal(kernel_params p, uint8_t * src, uint8_t * dest) {
+    // coordinates of pixel processed by this thread
+    const int x = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x * TX;
+    const int y = threadIdx.y + blockIdx.y * TY;
+    
+    // shared cache for processed pixels
+    __shared__ float cache[TY][TX + 2 * MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS];
+    
+    // all threads populate shared cache
+    for(int nx = 0; nx < 2; nx++) {
+        cache[threadIdx.y][threadIdx.x + nx * TX]
+                = get_pix(src, p.w, p.h, x - MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + nx * TX, y);
+    }
+    
+    // wait for all threads of block to finish their contribution to cache
+    __syncthreads();
+    
+    // stop this thread if out of bounds
+    if(x >= p.w || y >= p.h) {
+        return;
+    }
+    
+    // get weighted sum of neighbors
+    float result = p.kernel[0] * cache[threadIdx.y][MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.x];
+    for(int k = 1; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        result += p.kernel[k] * cache[threadIdx.y][MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.x + k];
+        result += p.kernel[k] * cache[threadIdx.y][MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.x - k];
+    }
+    
+    // save result
+    dest[x + y * p.w] = saturate((int)result, 256);
+}
+
+
+static float gaussian(float sigma, float x) {
+    const float e = x / sigma;
+    return exp(-0.5 * e * e);
+}
+
+int main(int argn, char ** argv) {
+    kernel_params params;
+    
+    if(argn < 4) {
+        usage("Wrong argument count", *argv);
+    }
+    
+    // read width and height
+    params.w = atoi(argv[1]);
+    params.h = atoi(argv[2]);
+    if(params.w < 1 || params.h < 1) {
+        usage("Both width and height must be positive integers", *argv);
+    }
+    const int pix_count = params.w * params.h;
+    
+    // read sigma and prepare normalized kernel (sum = 1)
+    const float sigma = atof(argv[3]);
+    float kernel_sum = 0.0f;
+    for(int k = 0; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        kernel_sum += params.kernel[k] = gaussian(sigma, k);
+    }
+    kernel_sum = 2.0 * kernel_sum - params.kernel[0];
+    for(int k = 0; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        params.kernel[k] /= kernel_sum;
+    }
+    
+    // dump the kernel
+    printf("Convolution kernel:");
+    for(int k = -MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        printf(" %f", params.kernel[k < 0 ? -k : k]);
+    }
+    printf("\n");
+    
+    // prepare buffers
+    uint8_t * const data_ptr = (uint8_t*)malloc(pix_count);
+    uint8_t * data_gpu_ptr;
+    uint8_t * temp_gpu_ptr;
+    cudaMalloc((void**)&data_gpu_ptr, pix_count);
+    cudaMalloc((void**)&temp_gpu_ptr, pix_count);
+    
+    // measure time of processing of all images
+    const double begin = timer_ms();
+    for(int i = 4; i < argn; i++) {
+        // read input data
+        printf("Processing '%s'\n", argv[i]);
+        FILE * const src_file = fopen(argv[i], "rb");
+        if(NULL == src_file || 1 != fread(data_ptr, pix_count, 1, src_file)) {
+            error(argv[i]);
+        }
+        fclose(src_file);
+        
+        // copy data to GPU memory
+        cudaMemcpy(data_gpu_ptr, data_ptr, pix_count, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice);
+        
+        // launch vertical and horizontal pass
+        dim3 block(TX, TY);
+        dim3 grid((params.w + TX - 1) / TX, (params.h + TY - 1) / TY);
+        convolution_vertical<<<grid, block>>>(params, data_gpu_ptr, temp_gpu_ptr);
+        convolution_horizontal<<<grid, block>>>(params, temp_gpu_ptr, data_gpu_ptr);
+        
+        // copy data back from GPU
+        cudaMemcpy(data_ptr, data_gpu_ptr, pix_count, cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost);
+        
+        // compose output filename
+        char out_path[MAX_PATH_LEN + 1];
+        snprintf(out_path, MAX_PATH_LEN, "%s.out.gray", argv[i]);
+        
+        // write data to output file
+        FILE * const out_file = fopen(out_path, "wb");
+        if(NULL == out_file || 1 != fwrite(data_ptr, pix_count, 1, out_file)) {
+            error(out_path);
+        }
+        fclose(out_file);
+    }
+    const double end = timer_ms();
+    
+    // print total time
+    printf("time: %f ms, %d images => %f ms/image\n",
+           end - begin, argn - 4, (end - begin) / (argn - 4));
+    
+    // cleanup
+    free(data_ptr);
+    cudaFree(data_gpu_ptr);
+    cudaFree(temp_gpu_ptr);
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v05-gpu.cu b/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v05-gpu.cu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..868b8e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v05-gpu.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+
+#define MAX_PATH_LEN (32 * 1024)
+#define MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS 16
+
+// thread block size
+#define TX 32
+#define TY 32
+
+struct kernel_params {
+    float kernel[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + 1];
+    int w;
+    int h;
+};
+
+static void error(const char * message) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %s\n", message);
+    exit(-1);
+}
+
+static void usage(const char * message, const char * app) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s width height sigma file1 ... fileN\n", app);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Example: %s 1920 1080 3 f1.gray f2.gray f3.gray\n", app);
+    error(message);
+}
+
+static double timer_ms() {
+    struct timeval tv;
+    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+    return tv.tv_sec * 1000.0 + tv.tv_usec * 0.001;
+}
+
+static __device__ int saturate(int n, int max_value) {
+    return max(0, min(n, max_value - 1));
+}
+
+static __device__ int get_pix(const uint8_t * src, int w, int h, int x, int y) {
+    return (float)src[saturate(x, w) + saturate(y, h) * w];
+}
+
+static __global__ void convolution_vertical(kernel_params p, uint8_t * src, uint8_t * dest) {
+    // coordinates of pixel processed by this thread
+    const int x = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x * TX;
+    const int y = threadIdx.y + blockIdx.y * TY;
+    
+    // shared cache for processed pixels
+    __shared__ float cache[TY + 2 * MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS][TX];
+    
+    // all threads populate shared cache
+    for(int ny = 0; ny < 2; ny++) {
+        cache[threadIdx.y + ny * TY][threadIdx.x]
+                = get_pix(src, p.w, p.h, x, y - MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + ny * TY);
+    }
+    
+    // wait for all threads of block to finish their contribution to cache
+    __syncthreads();
+    
+    // stop this thread if out of bounds
+    if(x >= p.w || y >= p.h) {
+        return;
+    }
+    
+    // get weighted sum of neighbors
+    float result = p.kernel[0] * cache[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.y][threadIdx.x];
+    for(int k = 1; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        result += p.kernel[k] * cache[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.y - k][threadIdx.x];
+        result += p.kernel[k] * cache[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.y + k][threadIdx.x];
+    }
+    
+    // save result
+    dest[x + y * p.w] = saturate((int)result, 256);
+}
+
+
+static __global__ void convolution_horizontal(kernel_params p, uint8_t * src, uint8_t * dest) {
+    // coordinates of pixel processed by this thread
+    const int x = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x * TX;
+    const int y = threadIdx.y + blockIdx.y * TY;
+    
+    // shared cache for processed pixels
+    __shared__ float cache[TY][TX + 2 * MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS];
+    
+    // all threads populate shared cache
+    for(int nx = 0; nx < 2; nx++) {
+        cache[threadIdx.y][threadIdx.x + nx * TX]
+                = get_pix(src, p.w, p.h, x - MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + nx * TX, y);
+    }
+    
+    // wait for all threads of block to finish their contribution to cache
+    __syncthreads();
+    
+    // stop this thread if out of bounds
+    if(x >= p.w || y >= p.h) {
+        return;
+    }
+    
+    // get weighted sum of neighbors
+    float result = p.kernel[0] * cache[threadIdx.y][MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.x];
+    for(int k = 1; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        result += p.kernel[k] * cache[threadIdx.y][MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.x + k];
+        result += p.kernel[k] * cache[threadIdx.y][MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.x - k];
+    }
+    
+    // save result
+    dest[x + y * p.w] = saturate((int)result, 256);
+}
+
+
+static float gaussian(float sigma, float x) {
+    const float e = x / sigma;
+    return exp(-0.5 * e * e);
+}
+
+int main(int argn, char ** argv) {
+    kernel_params params;
+    
+    if(argn < 4) {
+        usage("Wrong argument count", *argv);
+    }
+    
+    // read width and height
+    params.w = atoi(argv[1]);
+    params.h = atoi(argv[2]);
+    if(params.w < 1 || params.h < 1) {
+        usage("Both width and height must be positive integers", *argv);
+    }
+    const int pix_count = params.w * params.h;
+    
+    // read sigma and prepare normalized kernel (sum = 1)
+    const float sigma = atof(argv[3]);
+    float kernel_sum = 0.0f;
+    for(int k = 0; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        kernel_sum += params.kernel[k] = gaussian(sigma, k);
+    }
+    kernel_sum = 2.0 * kernel_sum - params.kernel[0];
+    for(int k = 0; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        params.kernel[k] /= kernel_sum;
+    }
+    
+    // dump the kernel
+    printf("Convolution kernel:");
+    for(int k = -MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        printf(" %f", params.kernel[k < 0 ? -k : k]);
+    }
+    printf("\n");
+    
+    // prepare buffers
+    uint8_t * const data_ptr = (uint8_t*)malloc(pix_count);
+    uint8_t * data_gpu_ptr[2];
+    uint8_t * temp_gpu_ptr[2];
+    cudaMalloc((void**)(data_gpu_ptr + 0), pix_count);
+    cudaMalloc((void**)(temp_gpu_ptr + 0), pix_count);
+    cudaMalloc((void**)(data_gpu_ptr + 1), pix_count);
+    cudaMalloc((void**)(temp_gpu_ptr + 1), pix_count);
+    
+    // two CUDA streams for asynchronous kernel and data transfers
+    cudaStream_t streams[2];
+    cudaStreamCreate(streams + 0);
+    cudaStreamCreate(streams + 1);
+    
+    // measure time of processing of all images
+    const double begin = timer_ms();
+    for(int i = 3; i <= argn; i++) {
+        // index of I/O buffers in this iteration
+        const int io_idx = i & 1;
+        
+        // index of computing resources in this iteration
+        const int comp_idx = io_idx ^ 1;
+        
+        // start processing of image loaded in previous iteration 
+        // (except of first and last iteration)
+        if(i > 3 && i < argn) {
+            // launch vertical and horizontal pass
+            dim3 block(TX, TY);
+            dim3 grid((params.w + TX - 1) / TX, (params.h + TY - 1) / TY);
+            convolution_vertical<<<grid, block, 0, streams[comp_idx]>>>
+                (params, data_gpu_ptr[comp_idx], temp_gpu_ptr[comp_idx]);
+            convolution_horizontal<<<grid, block, 0, streams[comp_idx]>>>
+                (params, temp_gpu_ptr[comp_idx], data_gpu_ptr[comp_idx]);
+        }
+        
+        // processing now runs asynchronously on the GPU => save reauls 
+        // from previous iteration (except of two first iterations)
+        if(i > 4) {
+            // copy data back from GPU
+            cudaMemcpyAsync(data_ptr, data_gpu_ptr[io_idx], pix_count, 
+                            cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost, streams[io_idx]);
+            
+            // compose output filename
+            char out_path[MAX_PATH_LEN + 1];
+            snprintf(out_path, MAX_PATH_LEN, "%s.out.gray", argv[i - 1]);
+            
+            // wait for the data to actually appear in the buffer
+            cudaStreamSynchronize(streams[io_idx]);
+            
+            // write data to output file
+            FILE * const out_file = fopen(out_path, "wb");
+            if(NULL == out_file || 1 != fwrite(data_ptr, pix_count, 1, out_file)) {
+                error(out_path);
+            }
+            fclose(out_file);
+        }
+        
+        // load input for next iteration (except of two last iterations)
+        if(i < (argn - 1)) {
+            // read input file
+            printf("Processing '%s'\n", argv[i + 1]);
+            FILE * const src_file = fopen(argv[i + 1], "rb");
+            if(NULL == src_file || 1 != fread(data_ptr, pix_count, 1, src_file)) {
+                error(argv[i + 1]);
+            }
+            fclose(src_file);
+            
+            // copy data to GPU memory
+            cudaMemcpyAsync(data_gpu_ptr[io_idx], data_ptr, pix_count, 
+                            cudaMemcpyHostToDevice, streams[io_idx]);
+            
+            // make sure that the buffer is ready for next iteration
+            cudaStreamSynchronize(streams[io_idx]);
+        }
+    }
+    const double end = timer_ms();
+    
+    // print total time
+    printf("time: %f ms, %d images => %f ms/image\n",
+           end - begin, argn - 4, (end - begin) / (argn - 4));
+    
+    // cleanup
+    free(data_ptr);
+    cudaStreamDestroy(streams[0]);
+    cudaStreamDestroy(streams[1]);
+    cudaFree(data_gpu_ptr[0]);
+    cudaFree(temp_gpu_ptr[0]);
+    cudaFree(data_gpu_ptr[1]);
+    cudaFree(temp_gpu_ptr[1]);
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v06-gpu.cu b/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v06-gpu.cu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e79e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v06-gpu.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+
+#define MAX_PATH_LEN (32 * 1024)
+#define MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS 16
+
+// thread block size
+#define TX 32
+#define TY 32
+
+struct kernel_params {
+    float kernel[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + 1];
+    int w;
+    int h;
+};
+
+static void error(const char * message) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %s\n", message);
+    exit(-1);
+}
+
+static void usage(const char * message, const char * app) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s width height sigma file1 ... fileN\n", app);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Example: %s 1920 1080 3 f1.gray f2.gray f3.gray\n", app);
+    error(message);
+}
+
+static double timer_ms() {
+    struct timeval tv;
+    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+    return tv.tv_sec * 1000.0 + tv.tv_usec * 0.001;
+}
+
+static __device__ int saturate(int n, int max_value) {
+    return max(0, min(n, max_value - 1));
+}
+
+static __device__ int get_pix(const uint8_t * src, int w, int h, int x, int y) {
+    return (float)src[saturate(x, w) + saturate(y, h) * w];
+}
+
+static __global__ void convolution_vertical(kernel_params p, uint8_t * src, uint8_t * dest) {
+    // coordinates of pixel processed by this thread
+    const int x = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x * TX;
+    const int y = threadIdx.y + blockIdx.y * TY;
+    
+    // shared cache for processed pixels
+    __shared__ float cache[TY + 2 * MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS][TX];
+    
+    // all threads populate shared cache
+    for(int ny = 0; ny < 2; ny++) {
+        cache[threadIdx.y + ny * TY][threadIdx.x]
+                = get_pix(src, p.w, p.h, x, y - MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + ny * TY);
+    }
+    
+    // wait for all threads of block to finish their contribution to cache
+    __syncthreads();
+    
+    // stop this thread if out of bounds
+    if(x >= p.w || y >= p.h) {
+        return;
+    }
+    
+    // get weighted sum of neighbors
+    float result = p.kernel[0] * cache[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.y][threadIdx.x];
+    for(int k = 1; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        result += p.kernel[k] * cache[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.y - k][threadIdx.x];
+        result += p.kernel[k] * cache[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.y + k][threadIdx.x];
+    }
+    
+    // save result
+    dest[x + y * p.w] = saturate((int)result, 256);
+}
+
+
+static __global__ void convolution_horizontal(kernel_params p, uint8_t * src, uint8_t * dest) {
+    // coordinates of pixel processed by this thread
+    const int x = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x * TX;
+    const int y = threadIdx.y + blockIdx.y * TY;
+    
+    // shared cache for processed pixels
+    __shared__ float cache[TY][TX + 2 * MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS];
+    
+    // all threads populate shared cache
+    for(int nx = 0; nx < 2; nx++) {
+        cache[threadIdx.y][threadIdx.x + nx * TX]
+                = get_pix(src, p.w, p.h, x - MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + nx * TX, y);
+    }
+    
+    // wait for all threads of block to finish their contribution to cache
+    __syncthreads();
+    
+    // stop this thread if out of bounds
+    if(x >= p.w || y >= p.h) {
+        return;
+    }
+    
+    // get weighted sum of neighbors
+    float result = p.kernel[0] * cache[threadIdx.y][MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.x];
+    for(int k = 1; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        result += p.kernel[k] * cache[threadIdx.y][MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.x + k];
+        result += p.kernel[k] * cache[threadIdx.y][MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.x - k];
+    }
+    
+    // save result
+    dest[x + y * p.w] = saturate((int)result, 256);
+}
+
+
+static float gaussian(float sigma, float x) {
+    const float e = x / sigma;
+    return exp(-0.5 * e * e);
+}
+
+int main(int argn, char ** argv) {
+    kernel_params params;
+    
+    if(argn < 4) {
+        usage("Wrong argument count", *argv);
+    }
+    
+    // read width and height
+    params.w = atoi(argv[1]);
+    params.h = atoi(argv[2]);
+    if(params.w < 1 || params.h < 1) {
+        usage("Both width and height must be positive integers", *argv);
+    }
+    const int pix_count = params.w * params.h;
+    
+    // read sigma and prepare normalized kernel (sum = 1)
+    const float sigma = atof(argv[3]);
+    float kernel_sum = 0.0f;
+    for(int k = 0; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        kernel_sum += params.kernel[k] = gaussian(sigma, k);
+    }
+    kernel_sum = 2.0 * kernel_sum - params.kernel[0];
+    for(int k = 0; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        params.kernel[k] /= kernel_sum;
+    }
+    
+    // dump the kernel
+    printf("Convolution kernel:");
+    for(int k = -MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        printf(" %f", params.kernel[k < 0 ? -k : k]);
+    }
+    printf("\n");
+    
+    // prepare buffers
+    uint8_t * data_ptr;
+    uint8_t * data_gpu_ptr[2];
+    uint8_t * temp_gpu_ptr[2];
+    cudaMalloc((void**)(data_gpu_ptr + 0), pix_count);
+    cudaMalloc((void**)(temp_gpu_ptr + 0), pix_count);
+    cudaMalloc((void**)(data_gpu_ptr + 1), pix_count);
+    cudaMalloc((void**)(temp_gpu_ptr + 1), pix_count);
+    cudaMallocHost((void**)&data_ptr, pix_count, cudaHostAllocDefault);
+    
+    // two CUDA streams for asynchronous kernel and data transfers
+    cudaStream_t streams[2];
+    cudaStreamCreate(streams + 0);
+    cudaStreamCreate(streams + 1);
+    
+    // measure time of processing of all images
+    const double begin = timer_ms();
+    for(int i = 3; i <= argn; i++) {
+        // index of I/O buffers in this iteration
+        const int io_idx = i & 1;
+        
+        // index of computing resources in this iteration
+        const int comp_idx = io_idx ^ 1;
+        
+        // start processing of image loaded in previous iteration 
+        // (except of first and last iteration)
+        if(i > 3 && i < argn) {
+            // launch vertical and horizontal pass
+            dim3 block(TX, TY);
+            dim3 grid((params.w + TX - 1) / TX, (params.h + TY - 1) / TY);
+            convolution_vertical<<<grid, block, 0, streams[comp_idx]>>>
+                (params, data_gpu_ptr[comp_idx], temp_gpu_ptr[comp_idx]);
+            convolution_horizontal<<<grid, block, 0, streams[comp_idx]>>>
+                (params, temp_gpu_ptr[comp_idx], data_gpu_ptr[comp_idx]);
+        }
+        
+        // processing now runs asynchronously on the GPU => save reauls 
+        // from previous iteration (except of two first iterations)
+        if(i > 4) {
+            // copy data back from GPU
+            cudaMemcpyAsync(data_ptr, data_gpu_ptr[io_idx], pix_count, 
+                            cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost, streams[io_idx]);
+            
+            // compose output filename
+            char out_path[MAX_PATH_LEN + 1];
+            snprintf(out_path, MAX_PATH_LEN, "%s.out.gray", argv[i - 1]);
+            
+            // wait for the data to actually appear in the buffer
+            cudaStreamSynchronize(streams[io_idx]);
+            
+            // write data to output file
+            FILE * const out_file = fopen(out_path, "wb");
+            if(NULL == out_file || 1 != fwrite(data_ptr, pix_count, 1, out_file)) {
+                error(out_path);
+            }
+            fclose(out_file);
+        }
+        
+        // load input for next iteration (except of two last iterations)
+        if(i < (argn - 1)) {
+            // read input file
+            printf("Processing '%s'\n", argv[i + 1]);
+            FILE * const src_file = fopen(argv[i + 1], "rb");
+            if(NULL == src_file || 1 != fread(data_ptr, pix_count, 1, src_file)) {
+                error(argv[i + 1]);
+            }
+            fclose(src_file);
+            
+            // copy data to GPU memory
+            cudaMemcpyAsync(data_gpu_ptr[io_idx], data_ptr, pix_count, 
+                            cudaMemcpyHostToDevice, streams[io_idx]);
+            
+            // make sure that the buffer is ready for next iteration
+            cudaStreamSynchronize(streams[io_idx]);
+        }
+    }
+    const double end = timer_ms();
+    
+    // print total time
+    printf("time: %f ms, %d images => %f ms/image\n",
+           end - begin, argn - 4, (end - begin) / (argn - 4));
+    
+    // cleanup
+    cudaStreamDestroy(streams[0]);
+    cudaStreamDestroy(streams[1]);
+    cudaFree(data_gpu_ptr[0]);
+    cudaFree(temp_gpu_ptr[0]);
+    cudaFree(data_gpu_ptr[1]);
+    cudaFree(temp_gpu_ptr[1]);
+    cudaFreeHost(data_ptr);
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v07-gpu.cu b/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v07-gpu.cu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ae1a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2014_06_19_Comprimato_Ultimate_Commodity_supercomputer/v07-gpu.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+
+#define MAX_PATH_LEN (32 * 1024)
+#define MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS 16
+#define KERNEL_SIZE (1 + 2 * (MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS))
+
+// thread block size
+#define TX 32
+#define TY 32
+#define TX_V 128
+#define TY_V 64
+
+
+struct kernel_params {
+    float kernel[MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + 1];
+    int w;
+    int h;
+};
+
+static void error(const char * message) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %s\n", message);
+    exit(-1);
+}
+
+static void usage(const char * message, const char * app) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s width height sigma file1 ... fileN\n", app);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Example: %s 1920 1080 3 f1.gray f2.gray f3.gray\n", app);
+    error(message);
+}
+
+static double timer_ms() {
+    struct timeval tv;
+    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+    return tv.tv_sec * 1000.0 + tv.tv_usec * 0.001;
+}
+
+static __device__ int saturate(int n, int max_value) {
+    return max(0, min(n, max_value - 1));
+}
+
+static __device__ int get_pix(const uint8_t * src, int w, int h, int x, int y) {
+    return (float)src[saturate(x, w) + saturate(y, h) * w];
+}
+
+static __global__ void convolution_vertical(kernel_params p, uint8_t * src, uint8_t * dest) {
+    // coordinate of column processed by this thread
+    const int x = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x * TX_V;
+    
+    // stop if thread's column is out of bounds
+    if(x >= p.w) {
+        return;
+    }
+    
+    // thread's private cache for last values (organized as circular buffer)
+    float cache[KERNEL_SIZE];
+    
+    // y-coordinate of next pixel to be saved and pointer to it
+    int dest_y = threadIdx.y + blockIdx.y * TY_V;
+    uint8_t * dest_ptr = dest + x + dest_y * p.w;
+
+    // y-coordinate of next pixel to be loaded and pointer to it
+    int src_y = dest_y - MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS;
+    const uint8_t * src_pix = src + x + saturate(src_y, p.h) * p.w;
+    
+    // populate the cache, except of last item
+    #pragma unroll
+    for(int n = 0; n < MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS * 2; n++) {
+        // load next pixel
+        cache[n] = *src_pix;
+        
+        // advance the pointer only if not at the top or bottom of the image
+        src_y++;
+        if(src_y > 0 && src_y < p.h) {
+            src_pix += p.w;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    // keep loading more pixels, saving one output pixel for each loaded pixel
+    #pragma unroll
+    for(int n = 0; n < TY_V; n++) {
+        // load next sample to the buffer and possibly advance the pointer
+        cache[(n + KERNEL_SIZE - 1) % KERNEL_SIZE] = *src_pix;
+        src_y++;
+        if(src_y > 0 && src_y < p.h) {
+            src_pix += p.w;
+        }
+        
+        // compute value of current output 
+        float val = cache[(n + MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS) % KERNEL_SIZE] * p.kernel[0];
+        #pragma unroll
+        for(int k = 1; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+            val += cache[(n + MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + k) % KERNEL_SIZE] * p.kernel[k];
+            val += cache[(n + MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS - k) % KERNEL_SIZE] * p.kernel[k];
+        }
+        
+        // save current output only if not at the end
+        if(dest_y++ < p.h) {
+            *dest_ptr = saturate((int)val, 256);
+        }
+        dest_ptr += p.w;
+    }
+}
+
+
+static __global__ void convolution_horizontal(kernel_params p, uint8_t * src, uint8_t * dest) {
+    // coordinates of pixel processed by this thread
+    const int x = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x * TX;
+    const int y = threadIdx.y + blockIdx.y * TY;
+    
+    // shared cache for processed pixels
+    __shared__ float cache[TY][TX + 2 * MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS];
+    
+    // all threads populate shared cache
+    for(int nx = 0; nx < 2; nx++) {
+        cache[threadIdx.y][threadIdx.x + nx * TX]
+                = get_pix(src, p.w, p.h, x - MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + nx * TX, y);
+    }
+    
+    // wait for all threads of block to finish their contribution to cache
+    __syncthreads();
+    
+    // stop this thread if out of bounds
+    if(x >= p.w || y >= p.h) {
+        return;
+    }
+    
+    // get weighted sum of neighbors
+    float result = p.kernel[0] * cache[threadIdx.y][MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.x];
+    for(int k = 1; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        result += p.kernel[k] * cache[threadIdx.y][MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.x + k];
+        result += p.kernel[k] * cache[threadIdx.y][MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS + threadIdx.x - k];
+    }
+    
+    // save result
+    dest[x + y * p.w] = saturate((int)result, 256);
+}
+
+
+static float gaussian(float sigma, float x) {
+    const float e = x / sigma;
+    return exp(-0.5 * e * e);
+}
+
+int main(int argn, char ** argv) {
+    kernel_params params;
+    
+    if(argn < 4) {
+        usage("Wrong argument count", *argv);
+    }
+    
+    // read width and height
+    params.w = atoi(argv[1]);
+    params.h = atoi(argv[2]);
+    if(params.w < 1 || params.h < 1) {
+        usage("Both width and height must be positive integers", *argv);
+    }
+    const int pix_count = params.w * params.h;
+    
+    // read sigma and prepare normalized kernel (sum = 1)
+    const float sigma = atof(argv[3]);
+    float kernel_sum = 0.0f;
+    for(int k = 0; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        kernel_sum += params.kernel[k] = gaussian(sigma, k);
+    }
+    kernel_sum = 2.0 * kernel_sum - params.kernel[0];
+    for(int k = 0; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        params.kernel[k] /= kernel_sum;
+    }
+    
+    // dump the kernel
+    printf("Convolution kernel:");
+    for(int k = -MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k <= MAX_KERNEL_RADIUS; k++) {
+        printf(" %f", params.kernel[k < 0 ? -k : k]);
+    }
+    printf("\n");
+    
+    // prepare buffers
+    uint8_t * data_ptr;
+    uint8_t * data_gpu_ptr[2];
+    uint8_t * temp_gpu_ptr[2];
+    cudaMalloc((void**)(data_gpu_ptr + 0), pix_count);
+    cudaMalloc((void**)(temp_gpu_ptr + 0), pix_count);
+    cudaMalloc((void**)(data_gpu_ptr + 1), pix_count);
+    cudaMalloc((void**)(temp_gpu_ptr + 1), pix_count);
+    cudaMallocHost((void**)&data_ptr, pix_count, cudaHostAllocDefault);
+    
+    // two CUDA streams for asynchronous kernel and data transfers
+    cudaStream_t streams[2];
+    cudaStreamCreate(streams + 0);
+    cudaStreamCreate(streams + 1);
+    
+    // measure time of processing of all images
+    const double begin = timer_ms();
+    for(int i = 3; i <= argn; i++) {
+        // index of I/O buffers in this iteration
+        const int io_idx = i & 1;
+        
+        // index of computing resources in this iteration
+        const int comp_idx = io_idx ^ 1;
+        
+        // start processing of image loaded in previous iteration 
+        // (except of first and last iteration)
+        if(i > 3 && i < argn) {
+            // launch vertical and horizontal pass
+            dim3 block_h(TX, TY);
+            dim3 block_v(TX_V, 1);
+            dim3 grid_h((params.w + TX - 1) / TX, (params.h + TY - 1) / TY);
+            dim3 grid_v((params.w + TX_V - 1) / TX_V, (params.h + TY_V - 1) / TY_V);
+            convolution_vertical<<<grid_v, block_v, 0, streams[comp_idx]>>>
+                (params, data_gpu_ptr[comp_idx], temp_gpu_ptr[comp_idx]);
+            convolution_horizontal<<<grid_h, block_h, 0, streams[comp_idx]>>>
+                (params, temp_gpu_ptr[comp_idx], data_gpu_ptr[comp_idx]);
+        }
+        
+        // processing now runs asynchronously on the GPU => save reauls 
+        // from previous iteration (except of two first iterations)
+        if(i > 4) {
+            // copy data back from GPU
+            cudaMemcpyAsync(data_ptr, data_gpu_ptr[io_idx], pix_count, 
+                            cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost, streams[io_idx]);
+            
+            // compose output filename
+            char out_path[MAX_PATH_LEN + 1];
+            snprintf(out_path, MAX_PATH_LEN, "%s.out.gray", argv[i - 1]);
+            
+            // wait for the data to actually appear in the buffer
+            cudaStreamSynchronize(streams[io_idx]);
+            
+            // write data to output file
+            FILE * const out_file = fopen(out_path, "wb");
+            if(NULL == out_file || 1 != fwrite(data_ptr, pix_count, 1, out_file)) {
+                error(out_path);
+            }
+            fclose(out_file);
+        }
+        
+        // load input for next iteration (except of two last iterations)
+        if(i < (argn - 1)) {
+            // read input file
+            printf("Processing '%s'\n", argv[i + 1]);
+            FILE * const src_file = fopen(argv[i + 1], "rb");
+            if(NULL == src_file || 1 != fread(data_ptr, pix_count, 1, src_file)) {
+                error(argv[i + 1]);
+            }
+            fclose(src_file);
+            
+            // copy data to GPU memory
+            cudaMemcpyAsync(data_gpu_ptr[io_idx], data_ptr, pix_count, 
+                            cudaMemcpyHostToDevice, streams[io_idx]);
+            
+            // make sure that the buffer is ready for next iteration
+            cudaStreamSynchronize(streams[io_idx]);
+        }
+    }
+    const double end = timer_ms();
+    
+    // print total time
+    printf("time: %f ms, %d images => %f ms/image\n",
+           end - begin, argn - 4, (end - begin) / (argn - 4));
+    
+    // cleanup
+    cudaStreamDestroy(streams[0]);
+    cudaStreamDestroy(streams[1]);
+    cudaFree(data_gpu_ptr[0]);
+    cudaFree(temp_gpu_ptr[0]);
+    cudaFree(data_gpu_ptr[1]);
+    cudaFree(temp_gpu_ptr[1]);
+    cudaFreeHost(data_ptr);
+    return 0;
+}
+