# shfl_scan - CUDA Parallel Prefix Sum with Shuffle Intrinsics (SHFL_Scan)

## Description

This example demonstrates how to use the shuffle intrinsic __shfl_up_sync to perform a scan operation across a thread block.

## Key Concepts

Data-Parallel Algorithms, Performance Strategies

## Supported SM Architectures

## Supported OSes

Linux, Windows

## Supported CPU Architecture

x86_64, ppc64le, armv7l, aarch64

## CUDA APIs involved

### [CUDA Runtime API](http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-runtime-api/index.html)
cudaMemcpy, cudaFree, cudaMallocHost, cudaEventSynchronize, cudaEventRecord, cudaFreeHost, cudaGetDevice, cudaMemset, cudaMalloc, cudaEventElapsedTime, cudaGetDeviceProperties, cudaEventCreate

## Dependencies needed to build/run
[CPP11](../../../README.md#cpp11)

## Prerequisites

Download and install the [CUDA Toolkit 12.5](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads) for your corresponding platform.
Make sure the dependencies mentioned in [Dependencies]() section above are installed.

## References (for more details)