CUDA (or Compute Unified Device Architecture) is a parallel computing platform and application programming interface (API) that allows software to use certain types of graphics processing unit (GPU) for general purpose processing Wikipedia
If you want to compile and run the code in your machine, the following conditions are required:
- Machine with Nvidia GPU (CUDA Supported)
- CUDA SDK -> Download
- Open the Download page and download installer according to your OS
- Add Repository, refresh, and install cuda
$ sudo zypper addrepo https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/opensuse15/x86_64/cuda-opensuse15.repo
$ sudo zypper refresh
$ sudo zypper install -y cuda
- Add cuda binary location to
PATHvariable
$ export PATH=/user/local/cuda/bin:$PATH
- Verify Installation
$ nvcc --version
If you want to learn more about CUDA you can refer to this resource