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PetscDeviceKind

Kind of accelerator device backend

Synopsis

typedef enum {
  PETSC_DEVICE_INVALID = 0,
  PETSC_DEVICE_CUDA    = 1,
  PETSC_DEVICE_HIP     = 2,
  PETSC_DEVICE_MAX     = 3
} PetscDeviceKind;
PETSC_DEVICE_INVALID - Invalid type, do not use
PETSC_DEVICE_CUDA    - CUDA enabled GPU
PETSC_DEVICE_HIP     - ROCM/HIP enabled GPU
PETSC_DEVICE_DEFAULT - Automatically select backend based on availability
PETSC_DEVICE_MAX     - Always 1 greater than the largest valid PetscDeviceKInd, invalid type, do not use

Notes

PETSC_DEVICE_DEFAULT is selected in the following order: PETSC_DEVICE_HIP, PETSC_DEVICE_CUDA, PETSC_DEVICE_INVALID.

See Also

PetscDevice, PetscDeviceCreate()

Level

beginner

Location

include/petscdevicetypes.h
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