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Jan 24, 2025 · Fundamentals

Inside NVCC: How CUDA Code Is Compiled and Linked

The article dissects NVCC’s compilation pipeline, showing how internal registration functions from host_runtime.h are injected into the host binary, how a simple CUDA demo is processed with --dryrun, and how the generated fatbin, PTX, and cubin files are linked and registered for GPU execution.