PTX is a portable low-level backend language for driving GPUs.

• PTX ISA Manual ver 3.1
• PTX is generated by non-Java front-ends: (FIXME)
• PTX is generated by Java front-ends: (FIXME)
• PTX runs on the following hardware: (FIXME)

Issues for running PTX on the JVM:

synchronization

structured control flow

indirect calls through pointers