# CUDA runtime implicit initialization on GPU:0

## post by oSea on Dec 3, 2020

[oSea](https://deeptalk.lambda.ai/u/osea)

On my tensor book laptop, I am experiencing the same exact error in this forum here: [CUDA runtime implicit initialization on GPU:0 failed. Status: device kernel image is invalid? · Issue #41990 · tensorflow/tensorflow · GitHub](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/41990).

Wondering if this error is expected or if anyone in the Lambda community has encountered it when training.

Thanks!

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