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NVCC''' Nvidia CUDA Compiler''' is [[Nvidia]]'s [[CUDA]] [[compiler]]. [[CUDA]] codes 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]] compiler like [[GCC]] or [[ICC]] or [[Microsoft Visual C]] Compiler, and sends the device code (the part which will run on the [[GPU]]) to the [[GPU]]. Additionally, theThe device code is further compiled by NVCC.

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''' Nvidia CUDA Compiler'''

NVCC is [[Nvidia]]'s [[CUDA]] [[compiler]]. [[CUDA]] codes 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]] compiler like [[GCC]] or [[ICC]] or Microsoft Visual C Compiler, and sends the device code (the part which will run on the [[GPU]]) to the [[GPU]]. Additionally, the device code is further compiled by NVCC.

== References ==