# cuda

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** cuda
+ **Support Level:** Primary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** Open Access
+ **Home Page:** [https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-zone](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-zone)

## Software Description

CUDA, (the Compute Unified Device Architecture), is a parallel computing
platform and programming model created by NVIDIA and implemented by the
graphics processing units (GPUs) that they produce. CUDA gives program
developers direct access to the virtual instruction set and memory of
the parallel computational elements in CUDA GPUs.
## General Linux

To load this module for use in a Linux environment, you can run the command:

	module load cuda

Depending on where you are working, there may be more than one version of cuda available.
To see which modules are available for loading you can run:

	module avail cuda