CUDA Compatibility Layer

Fact

Software that helps CUDA programs run on other kinds of hardware.

In Plain Words

It is like a travel plug adapter. Your old charger fits a new wall socket.

It helps CUDA programs use other GPUs. Some features may not work. It may also run slower.

Related Concepts

• Compute Unified Device Architecture
• GPU Compute

CUDA
It translates CUDA commands so old programs can keep running.

GPU
It lets some non-NVIDIA GPUs run old CUDA programs.