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''' Nvidia CUDA Compiler''' ('''NVCC''') is a [[proprietary software|proprietary]] [[compiler]] by [[Nvidia]] intended for use with [[CUDA]]. CUDA code runs on both the [[CPU]] and [[GPU]]. NVCC separates these two parts and sends host code (the part of code which will be run on the [[CPU]]) to a [[C (programming language)|C]] compiler like [[GNU Compiler Collection|GCC]] or [[Intel C++ Compiler]] (ICC) or [[Microsoft Visual C++]] Compiler, and sends the device code (the part which will run on the GPU) to the GPU. The device code is further compiled by NVCC. NVCC is based on [[LLVM]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CUDA LLVM Compiler|date=7 May 2012|url=https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-llvm-compiler|publisher=NVIDIA CorporationDeveloper |access-date=Apr 6, 2016}}</ref> According to Nvidia provided documentation, nvcc in version 7.0 supports many language constructs that are defined by the [[C++11]] standard and a few [[C99]] features as well. In version 9.0 several more constructs from the [[C++14]] standard are supported.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-c-programming-guide/index.html|title=CUDA C++ Programming Guide |website=docs.nvidia.comNVIDIA Documentation Hub |language=en-us|access-date=2019-06-28}}</ref>

Any source file containing CUDA language extensions (.cu) must be compiled with nvcc. NVCC is a compiler driver which works by invoking all the necessary tools and compilers like cudacc, g++, cl, etc. NVCC can output either C code (CPU Code) that must then be compiled with the rest of the application using another tool or [[Parallel Thread Execution|PTX]] or object code directly. An executable with CUDA code requires: the CUDA core library (cuda) and the CUDA runtime library (cudart).

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{{Reflist}}

# David B. Kirk, and Wen-mei W. Hwu. Programming massively parallel processors: a hands-on approach. Morgan Kaufmann, 2010.

# {{Cite web |title=NVIDIA CUDA Compiler Driver NVCC |url=https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-compiler-driver-nvcc/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013194328/https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-compiler-driver-nvcc/ |archive-date=Oct 13, 2023 |website=NVIDIA Documentation Hub}}

# Nvidia Documentation on nvcc. https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-compiler-driver-nvcc/

# {{Cite web |title=CUDPP |url=http://gpgpu.org/developer/cudpp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117222643/http://gpgpu.org/developer/cudpp |archive-date=Nov 17, 2018 |website=GPGPU}}

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