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# AMD SMI {{ AMDSMI_VERSION }}
The AMD System Management Interface (AMD SMI) library offers a unified tool for
managing and monitoring GPUs, particularly in high-performance computing
environments. It provides a user-space interface that allows applications to
control GPU operations, monitor performance, and retrieve information about the
system's drivers and GPUs.
Find the source code at .
```{important}
This AMD SMI project supports Linux bare metal and Linux virtual machine guest
environments. For documentation regarding virtualization on SR-IOV Linux hosts,
refer to the [AMD SMI for Virtualization
documentation](https://instinct.docs.amd.com/projects/amd-smi-virt/en/latest/).
```
```{note}
AMD SMI is the successor to [ROCm SMI](https://github.com/ROCm/rocm-systems/tree/develop/projects/rocm-smi-lib).
```
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:::{grid-item-card} Install
* [Library and CLI tool installation](./install/install.md)
* [Build from source](./install/build.md)
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:::{grid-item-card} How to
* [C++ library usage](./how-to/amdsmi-cpp-lib.md)
* [Python library usage](./how-to/amdsmi-py-lib.md)
* [Go library usage](./how-to/amdsmi-go-lib.md)
* [CLI tool usage](./how-to/amdsmi-cli-tool.md)
* [AI NIC integration](./how-to/amdsmi-nic-integration.md)
* [Use AMD SMI in a Docker container](./how-to/setup-docker-container.md)
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:::{grid-item-card} Reference
* [C++ API](./reference/amdsmi-cpp-api/index.md)
* [Functions](./reference/amdsmi-cpp-api/functions.md)
* [Types](./reference/amdsmi-cpp-api/types.md)
* [Defines](./reference/amdsmi-cpp-api/defines.md)
* [Python API](./reference/amdsmi-py-api.md)
* [Go API](./reference/amdsmi-go-api.md)
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:::{grid-item-card} Conceptual
* [GPU partitioning](./conceptual/partition.md)
* [GPU reset behavior](./conceptual/gpu-reset-behavior.md)
* [GPU violations](./conceptual/gpu-violations.md)
* [Performance determinism](./conceptual/perf-determinism.md)
* [Reliability, availability, serviceability](./conceptual/ras.md)
* [Test suite design](./conceptual/test-design.md)
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:::{grid-item-card} Tutorials
* [AMD SMI examples (GitHub)](https://github.com/ROCm/rocm-systems/tree/develop/projects/amdsmi/example)
* [AMD SMI CLI walkthrough](https://rocm.blogs.amd.com/software-tools-optimization/amd-smi-overview/README.html)
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To learn about contributing to AMD SMI, see [Contributing to ROCm
Systems](https://github.com/ROCm/rocm-systems/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md).
To contribute to the documentation, see
{doc}`Contributing to ROCm documentation `.
Find ROCm licensing information on the
{doc}`Licensing ` page.