Chapter 4
Setting Up CUDA
Introduction
This chapter is here for anyone who is completely new to CUDA. We look at how to install CUDA on the various OSs, what tools you can use, and how CUDA compiles. Finally, we look at how to have the API help you identify the coding and API errors everyone makes.
CUDA is supported on three major OSs: Windows, Mac, and Linux. By far the easiest platform to use and learn CUDA with is the OS you are most familiar with using for programming development. For an absolute beginner, the Windows OS in conjunction with Microsoft Visual C++ is likely to be the best choice. Both the Windows and Mac installations are fairly much point and click. Both provide fairly standard integrated development environments that work ...
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