ROCm XIO documentation

2026-04-27

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Applies to Linux

ROCm XIO provides an API for Accelerator-Initiated IO (XIO) for an AMD GPU __device__ code. It enables AMD GPUs to perform direct IO operations to hardware devices without CPU intervention.

Note

ROCm XIO is in beta. Running production workloads is not recommended.

Install

• Build and install ROCm XIO

• Install the kernel module

How to

• Run tests

• Run VM-isolated tests

Conceptual

• Memory modes, allocation, and coherence

Reference

• Examples

• Performance measurements

• Endpoints

• Environment variables

• API reference

To contribute to the documentation, refer to the Contributing guide in the GitHub repo.

You can find licensing information on the License page.