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# XPU Support

PyTorch provides XPU support for Intel GPU-accelerated tensor operations.
The XPU API allows you to manage Intel GPU devices, streams for asynchronous
execution, and synchronization.

**When to use XPU APIs:**

- When running on Intel GPUs (Data Center GPU Max, Arc, etc.)
- When implementing custom XPU kernels or operations
- When managing asynchronous execution with XPU streams
- When writing device-portable code alongside CUDA

**Basic usage:**

```cpp
#include <torch/torch.h>

// Check if XPU is available
if (torch::xpu::is_available()) {
    // Create tensor on XPU
    auto tensor = torch::randn({2, 3}, torch::device(torch::kXPU));

    // Move model to XPU
    model->to(torch::kXPU);
}
```

## Header Files

- `torch/xpu.h` - High-level XPU utilities (device count, availability, seeding)
- `c10/xpu/XPUStream.h` - XPU stream management

## XPU Categories

```{toctree}
:maxdepth: 1

streams
utilities
```