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# AMD ROCm Programming Guide

AMD ROCm is a software stack, composed primarily of open-source software, that
provides the tools for programming AMD Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), from
low-level kernels to high-level end-user applications.

The AMD ROCm Programming Guide introduces the core concepts, APIs, and best
practices for programming with ROCm and the HIP programming language. It
provides hands-on guidance for writing GPU kernels, managing memory, optimizing
performance, and integrating HIP with the broader AMD ROCm ecosystem of tools
and libraries.

For details on changes and version information, see {doc}`./release-notes`.

**Getting started**

* {doc}`./conceptual/introduction`
* {doc}`./conceptual/introduction/rocm`
* {doc}`./conceptual/introduction/hip`
* {doc}`./conceptual/introduction/parallel_programming`
* {doc}`./conceptual/introduction/hw_impl`
* {doc}`./how-to/getting_started_with_hip_programming`

**Core HIP programming**

* {doc}`./how-to/core-introduction`
* {doc}`./how-to/hip_kernel_programming`
* {doc}`./how-to/hip_runtime_api`

  * {doc}`./how-to/hip_runtime_api/initialization`
  * {doc}`./how-to/hip_runtime_api/memory_management`
  * {doc}`./how-to/hip_runtime_api/error_handling`
  * {doc}`./how-to/hip_runtime_api/asynchronous`
  * {doc}`./how-to/hip_runtime_api/cooperative_groups`
  * {doc}`./how-to/hip_runtime_api/hipgraph`
  * {doc}`./how-to/hip_runtime_api/call_stack`
  * {doc}`./how-to/hip_runtime_api/opengl_interop`
  * {doc}`./how-to/hip_runtime_api/external_interop`

* {doc}`./tutorial/programming-patterns`

  * {doc}`./tutorial/programming-patterns/matrix_multiplication`
  * {doc}`./tutorial/programming-patterns/atomic_operations_histogram`
  * {doc}`./tutorial/programming-patterns/cpu_gpu_kmeans`
  * {doc}`./tutorial/programming-patterns/stencil_operations`
  * {doc}`./tutorial/programming-patterns/multikernel_bfs`

* {doc}`./how-to/hip_compilers`

**Performance optimization techniques**

* {doc}`./conceptual/gpu_performance`
* {doc}`./how-to/performance_optimization`
* {doc}`./tutorial/hip-performance-optimization`

  * {doc}`./tutorial/hip-performance-optimization/highly-parallel-image-gamma-correction`
  * {doc}`./tutorial/hip-performance-optimization/fixed-size-kernels-image-gamma-correction`
  * {doc}`./tutorial/hip-performance-optimization/reduction`
  * {doc}`./tutorial/hip-performance-optimization/tiling-matrix-multiply`
  * {doc}`./tutorial/hip-performance-optimization/tiling-matrix-transpose`

* {doc}`./how-to/multi-gpu_programming`

**ROCm platform**

* {doc}`./install/rocm`

* {doc}`./install/third-party-tools`

Known issues are listed and can be reported on the on the [AMD ROCm Programming Guide GitHub repository](https://github.com/ROCm/amd-rocm-programming-guide/issues).

To contribute to the documentation, see {doc}`Contributing to ROCm docs <rocm:contribute/contributing>` for contribution guidelines.

You can find licensing information on the [Licensing](https://rocm.docs.amd.com/en/latest/about/license.html) page.