Using the CUDA Toolkit you can accelerate your C or C++ applications by updating the computationally intensive portions of your code to run on GPUs. To accelerate your applications, you can call functions from drop-in libraries as well as develop custom applications using languages including C, C++, Fortran and Python. Below you will find some resources to help you get started using CUDA.

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SETUP CUDA

Install the free CUDA Toolkit on a Linux, Mac or Windows system with one or more CUDA-capable GPUs. Follow the instructions in the CUDA Quick Start Guide to get up and running quickly.

Or, watch the short video below and follow along.

If you do not have a GPU, you can access one of the thousands of GPUs available from cloud service providers including Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and IBM SoftLayer. The NVIDIA-maintained CUDA Amazon Machine Image (AMI) on AWS, for example, comes pre-installed with CUDA and is available for use today.

For more detailed installation instructions, refer to the CUDA installation guides. For help with troubleshooting, browse and participate in the CUDA Setup and Installation forum.

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YOUR FIRST CUDA PROGRAM

You are now ready to write your first CUDA program. The article, Even Easier Introduction to CUDA, introduces key concepts through simple examples that you can follow along.

The video below walks through an example of how to write an example that adds two vectors.

The Programming Guide in the CUDA Documentation introduces key concepts covered in the video including CUDA programming model, important APIs and performance guidelines.

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PRACTICE CUDA

NVIDIA provides hands-on training in CUDA through a collection of self-paced and instructor-led courses. The self-paced online training, powered by GPU-accelerated workstations in the cloud, guides you step-by-step through editing and execution of code along with interaction with visual tools. All you need is a laptop and an internet connection to access the complete suite of free courses and certification options.

The CUDA C Best Practices Guide presents established parallelization and optimization techniques and explains programming approaches that can greatly simplify programming GPU-accelerated applications.

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