Technical requirements
Optimus can work with multiple backend technologies to process data, including GPUs. For GPUs, Optimus uses RAPIDS, which needs an NVIDIA card. For more information about the requirements, please go to the GPU configuration section of Chapter 1, Hi Optimus!.
You can find the code for this chapter at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Data-Processing-with-Optimus.
Installing Git
If you don't have Git installed, please go to the link that matches your operating system. This will help you download the latest Optimus code to your machine:
- Windows: https://git-scm.com/download/win
- Linux and Ubuntu/Debian, from the CLI:
sudo apt install git-all
- Mac:
git –version
and follow the instructions provided
Now, let's learn how to add a new engine to Optimus.