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# PetscDeviceCreate
Get a new handle for a particular device (often a GPU) type 
## Synopsis
```
#include <petscdevice.h> 
PetscErrorCode PetscDeviceCreate(PetscDeviceType type, PetscInt devid, PetscDevice *device)
```
Not Collective


## Input Parameters

- ***type  -*** The type of `PetscDevice`
- ***devid -*** The numeric ID# of the device (pass `PETSC_DECIDE` to assign automatically)



## Output Parameter

- ***device -*** The `PetscDevice`





## Notes
This routine may initialize `PetscDevice`. If this is the case, it may cause some sort of
device synchronization.

`devid` is what you might pass to `cudaSetDevice()` for example.


## See Also
 `PetscDevice`, `PetscDeviceInitType`,
`PetscDeviceInitialize()`, `PetscDeviceInitialized()`, `PetscDeviceConfigure()`,
`PetscDeviceView()`, `PetscDeviceDestroy()`

## Level
beginner

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/sys/objects/device/interface/device.cxx.html#PetscDeviceCreate">src/sys/objects/device/interface/device.cxx</A>


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