Suppose our hardware has 32 banks of 4 byte width. And we have a 1D kernel of size 32, and a local 1D array of ints.
Then, ensuring that each consecutive thread accesses consecutive memory locations in the array should avoid bank conflicts.
But, suppose we have an 8 x 4 2D kernel and the same 1D array. How can I ensure that there are no bank conflicts? How do we define "consecutive thread" for a 2D array?