---
name: "rtcSetDeviceSYCLDevice"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libembree-dev"
version: "4.3.3+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rtcSetDeviceSYCLDevice"
---

# rtcSetDeviceSYCLDevice(3)

### NAME

-

  ```
  rtcSetDeviceSYCLDevice - sets the SYCL device to be used for memory allocations
  ```

### SYNOPSIS

-

  ```
  #include <embree4/rtcore.h>
  void rtcSetDeviceSYCLDevice(RTCDevice device, const sycl::device sycl_device);
  ```

### DESCRIPTION

This function sets the SYCL device (`sycl_device` argument) to be used to allocate GPU memory when using the specified Embree device (`device` argument). This SYCL device must be one of the SYCL devices contained inside the SYCL context used to create the Embree device.

### EXIT STATUS

On failure an error code is set that can get queried using `rtcGetDeviceError`.

### SEE ALSO

\[rtcNewSYCLDevice\]