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CUDA Zone CUDA® is a parallel computing platform and programming model developed by NVIDIA for general computing on graphical processing units (GPUs). SkiptomaincontentDEVELOPBREAKTHROUGHSJointheNVIDIADeveloperProgramforaccesstohundredsofSDK's,performanceanalysistools,trainingcourses,andmore.LearnMoreNVIDIAON-DEMANDJointheNVIDIADeveloperProgramtowatchtechnicalsessionsfromconferencesaroundtheworld. ViewCatalogTRAINMODELSFASTERExploreexclusivediscountsforhighereducationLearnmorePreviousNextCUDAZoneCUDAZoneCUDA®isaparallelcomputingplatformandprogrammingmodeldevelopedbyNVIDIAforgeneralcomputingongraphicalprocessingunits(GPUs).WithCUDA,developersareabletodramaticallyspeedupcomputingapplicationsbyharnessingthepowerofGPUs.InGPU-acceleratedapplications,thesequentialpartoftheworkloadrunsontheCPU–whichisoptimizedforsingle-threadedperformance–whilethecomputeintensiveportionoftheapplicationrunsonthousandsofGPUcoresinparallel.WhenusingCUDA,developersprograminpopularlanguagessuchasC,C++,Fortran,PythonandMATLABandexpressparallelismthroughextensionsintheformofafewbasickeywords.TheCUDAToolkitfromNVIDIAprovideseverythingyouneedtodevelopGPU-acceleratedapplications.TheCUDAToolkitincludesGPU-acceleratedlibraries,acompiler,developmenttoolsandtheCUDAruntime.DownloadNowThousandsofapplicationsdevelopedwithCUDAhavebeendeployedtoGPUsinembeddedsystems,workstations,datacentersandinthecloud.SeeMoreApplicationsCUDAservesasacommonplatformacrossallNVIDIAGPUfamiliessoyoucandeployandscaleyourapplicationacrossGPUconfigurations.ThefirstGPUsweredesignedasgraphicsaccelerators,becomingmoreprogrammableoverthe90s,culminatinginNVIDIA'sfirstGPUin1999.ResearchersandscientistsrapidlybegantoapplytheexcellentfloatingpointperformanceofthisGPUforgeneralpurposecomputing.In2003,ateamofresearchersledbyIanBuckunveiledBrook,thefirstwidelyadoptedprogrammingmodeltoextendCwithdata-parallelconstructs.IanBucklaterjoinedNVIDIAandledthelaunchofCUDAin2006,theworld'sfirstsolutionforgeneral-computingonGPUs.Sinceitsinception,theCUDAecosystemhasgrownrapidlytoincludesoftwaredevelopmenttools,servicesandpartner-basedsolutions.TheCUDAToolkitincludeslibraries,debuggingandoptimizationtools,acompilerandaruntimelibrarytodeployyourapplication.You'llalsofindcodesamples,programmingguides,usermanuals,APIreferencesandotherdocumentationtohelpyougetstarted.LibrariescuRANDNPPMathLibrarycuFFTnvGRAPHNCCLSeeMoreLibrariesToolsandIntegrationsNsightVisualProfilerCUDAGDBCUDAMemCheckOpenACCCUDAProfilingToolsInterfaceSeeMoreToolsCUDAacceleratesapplicationsacrossawiderangeofdomainsfromimageprocessing,todeeplearning,numericalanalyticsandcomputationalscience.MoreApplicationsGetstartedwithCUDAbydownloadingtheCUDAToolkitandexploringintroductoryresourcesincludingvideos,codesamples,hands-onlabsandwebinars.DownloadNowGetStartedwithCUDATutorialsGuidetoComputerVision:WhyItMattersandHowItHelpsSolveProblemsMarch21,2022AcceleratingLosslessGPUCompressionwithNewFlexibleInterfacesinNVIDIAnvCOMPMarch18,2022DeliveringOne-ClickVRStreamingUsingInnoactivePortalandNVIDIACloudXRMarch14,2022ManagingEdgeAIwiththeNVIDIALaunchPadFreeTrialMarch11,2022AcceleratingQuantumCircuitSimulationwithNVIDIAcuStateVecMarch9,2022SeeMoreNewsMeettheExpertsLeadingInnovativeDLIWorkshopsatNVIDIAGTCMarch17,2022SendInstantBusinessPaymentswithPhotonCommerce’sFinancialAIPlatform  March16,2022ExpandingHybrid-CloudSupportinVirtualizedDataCenterswithNewNVIDIAAIEnterpriseIntegrationsMarch14,2022JetsonProjectoftheMonth:CreatingIntelligentMusicwiththeNeurorackDeepAI-basedSynthesizerMarch14,2022LatestReleasesandResources:March10-16March10,2022SeeMore