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Jumbo1240
Jumbo1240

Reputation: 25

Does Visual Studio use nvcc to compile cuda codes?

I'm a beginner in GPU programming. I'm studying cuda through Visual Studio 2019.

When i build some cuda program, does Visual Studio use 'nvcc' to compile? Or Visual Studio has its own cuda compiler and use it?

It may be a little sloppy because it's my first question. Thank you.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2024

Answers (1)

Robert Crovella
Robert Crovella

Reputation: 151869

Yes, visual studio will use nvcc to compile files that end in .cu.

You can verify this by looking at the visual studio console output when you build a CUDA sample project like vectorAdd. If you don't see it, turn the visual studio verbosity up.

Upvotes: 2

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