# HIP

HIP is both AMD's GPU programming language extension and the GPU runtime. This page introduces the HIP runtime and other HIP libraries and tools.

## HIP Runtime

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:::{grid-item-card} [HIP Runtime](https://rocmdocs.amd.com/projects/HIP/en/develop/)
The HIP Runtime is used to enable GPU acceleration for all HIP language based products.

- [HIP Runtime API Manual](https://rocmdocs.amd.com/projects/HIP/en/develop/)
- [Examples](https://github.com/amd/rocm-examples/tree/develop/HIP-Basic)

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## Porting tools

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:::{grid-item-card} [HIPify](https://rocmdocs.amd.com/projects/HIPIFY/en/develop/)
HIPify assists with porting applications from based on CUDA to the HIP Runtime. Supported
CUDA APIs are documented here as well.

- [Reference Manual](https://rocmdocs.amd.com/projects/HIPIFY/en/develop/)

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