# LargeKernelParameter - Large Kernel Parameters

## Description

Simple test that demonstrates performance and usability improvements with large kernel parameters introduced in CUDA 12.1

## Key Concepts

Performance Strategies

## Supported SM Architectures

[SM 7.0 ](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus)  [SM 7.2 ](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus)  [SM 7.5 ](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus)  [SM 8.0 ](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus)  [SM 8.6 ](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus)  [SM 8.7 ](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus)  [SM 8.9 ](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus)  [SM 9.0 ](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus)

## Supported OSes

Linux, Windows

## Supported CPU Architecture

x86_64, armv7l

## CUDA APIs involved

### [CUDA Runtime API](http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-runtime-api/index.html)
cudaMemcpyToSymbol, cudaMemcpy, cudaFree, cudaDeviceSynchronize, cudaMalloc

## Prerequisites

Download and install the [CUDA Toolkit 12.1](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads) for your corresponding platform.

## References (for more details)