.. _tut-gemv-00-basic-syntax:

GEMV Tutorial 0: Basic CSL Syntax
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This tutorial is the first in a series of successive tutorials aimed
at teaching CSL and the SDK by implementing a general matrix-vector product,
or GEMV.

We start by illustrating the syntax of some of the core language constructs.
The code in this example is not a complete program, but it shows
some of the most commonly-used features of the language.

Before you start
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These tutorials are intended for a beginner CSL programmer using the Cerebras SDK.
Before you proceed, make sure you installed the Cerebras SDK successfully.
See :ref:`install-guide`.

Learning objectives
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.. include:: objectives.rst

Introduction
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.. include:: introduction.rst

Example overview
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.. include:: overview.rst

Writing the CSL
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.. include:: device-code.rst

Next
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In the next tutorial, we'll expand this code to a full program.