diff --git a/samples/2_Cookbook/13_occupancy/Makefile b/samples/2_Cookbook/13_occupancy/Makefile
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+++ b/samples/2_Cookbook/13_occupancy/Makefile
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+HIP_PATH?= $(wildcard /opt/rocm/hip)
+ifeq (,$(HIP_PATH))
+	HIP_PATH=../../..
+endif
+HIPCC=$(HIP_PATH)/bin/hipcc
+
+EXE=./occupancy
+
+.PHONY: test
+
+all: test
+
+$(EXE): occupancy.cpp
+	$(HIPCC) $^ -o $@
+
+test: $(EXE)
+	$(EXE)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.o $(EXE)
diff --git a/samples/2_Cookbook/13_occupancy/occupancy.cpp b/samples/2_Cookbook/13_occupancy/occupancy.cpp
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+++ b/samples/2_Cookbook/13_occupancy/occupancy.cpp
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+/*
+Copyright (c) 2015-Present Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANNTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INNCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANNY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER INN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR INN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#include "hip/hip_runtime.h"
+#include <iostream>
+#define NUM 1000000
+
+#define HIP_CHECK(status)                                                                          \
+    if (status != hipSuccess) {                                                                    \
+        std::cout << "Got Status: " << status << " at Line: " << __LINE__ << std::endl;            \
+        exit(0);                                                                                   \
+    }
+
+// Device (Kernel) function
+__global__ void multiply(float* C, float* A, float* B, int N){
+      
+    int tx = blockDim.x*blockIdx.x+threadIdx.x;
+    
+    if (tx < N){
+	C[tx] = A[tx] * B[tx];
+    }
+}
+// CPU implementation
+void multiplyCPU(float* C, float* A, float* B, int N){
+    
+    for(unsigned int i=0; i<N; i++){     
+        C[i] = A[i] * B[i];      
+    }
+}
+
+void launchKernel(float* C, float* A, float* B, bool manual){
+     
+     hipDeviceProp_t devProp;
+     HIP_CHECK(hipGetDeviceProperties(&devProp, 0));
+
+     hipEvent_t start, stop;
+     HIP_CHECK(hipEventCreate(&start));
+     HIP_CHECK(hipEventCreate(&stop));
+     float eventMs = 1.0f;
+     const unsigned threadsperblock = 32;
+     const unsigned blocks = (NUM/threadsperblock)+1;
+
+     uint32_t mingridSize = 0;
+     uint32_t gridSize = 0;
+     uint32_t blockSize = 0;
+     
+     if (manual){
+	blockSize = threadsperblock; 
+	gridSize  = blocks;
+	std::cout << std::endl << "Manual Configuration with block size " << blockSize << std::endl;
+     }
+     else{
+	HIP_CHECK(hipOccupancyMaxPotentialBlockSize(&mingridSize, &blockSize, multiply, 0, 0));
+	std::cout << std::endl << "Automatic Configuation based on hipOccupancyMaxPotentialBlockSize " << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "Suggested blocksize is " << blockSize << ", Minimum gridsize is " << mingridSize << std::endl;
+	gridSize = (NUM/blockSize)+1; 
+     }
+
+     // Record the start event
+     HIP_CHECK(hipEventRecord(start, NULL));  
+
+     // Launching the Kernel from Host
+     hipLaunchKernelGGL(multiply, dim3(gridSize), dim3(blockSize), 0, 0, C, A, B, NUM);
+     
+     // Record the stop event
+     HIP_CHECK(hipEventRecord(stop, NULL));
+     HIP_CHECK(hipEventSynchronize(stop));
+
+     HIP_CHECK(hipEventElapsedTime(&eventMs, start, stop));
+     printf("kernel Execution time = %6.3fms\n", eventMs);
+
+     //Calculate Occupancy
+     uint32_t numBlock = 0;
+     HIP_CHECK(hipOccupancyMaxActiveBlocksPerMultiprocessor(&numBlock, multiply, blockSize, 0));
+     
+     if(devProp.maxThreadsPerMultiProcessor){
+	std::cout << "Theoretical Occupancy is " << (double)numBlock* blockSize/devProp.maxThreadsPerMultiProcessor * 100 << "%" << std::endl;
+     }
+}
+
+int main() {
+     float *A, *B, *C0, *C1, *cpuC;
+     float *Ad, *Bd, *C0d, *C1d;
+     int errors=0;
+     int i;
+
+     // initialize the input data
+     A  = (float *)malloc(NUM * sizeof(float));
+     B  = (float *)malloc(NUM * sizeof(float));
+     C0 = (float *)malloc(NUM * sizeof(float));
+     C1 = (float *)malloc(NUM * sizeof(float));
+     cpuC = (float *)malloc(NUM * sizeof(float));
+     
+     for(i=0; i< NUM; i++){
+	A[i] = i;
+	B[i] = i;
+     }
+    
+     // allocate the memory on the device side   
+     HIP_CHECK(hipMalloc((void**)&Ad, NUM * sizeof(float)));
+     HIP_CHECK(hipMalloc((void**)&Bd, NUM * sizeof(float)));
+     HIP_CHECK(hipMalloc((void**)&C0d, NUM * sizeof(float)));
+     HIP_CHECK(hipMalloc((void**)&C1d, NUM * sizeof(float)));
+ 
+     // Memory transfer from host to device
+     HIP_CHECK(hipMemcpy(Ad,A,NUM * sizeof(float), hipMemcpyHostToDevice));
+     HIP_CHECK(hipMemcpy(Bd,B,NUM * sizeof(float), hipMemcpyHostToDevice));
+
+     //Kernel launch with manual/default block size
+     launchKernel(C0d, Ad, Bd, 1);
+     
+     //Kernel launch with the block size suggested by hipOccupancyMaxPotentialBlockSize 
+     launchKernel(C1d, Ad, Bd, 0);
+
+     // Memory transfer from device to host
+     HIP_CHECK(hipMemcpy(C0,C0d, NUM * sizeof(float), hipMemcpyDeviceToHost));
+     HIP_CHECK(hipMemcpy(C1,C1d, NUM * sizeof(float), hipMemcpyDeviceToHost));
+
+     // CPU computation
+     multiplyCPU(cpuC, A, B, NUM);
+
+     //verify the results
+     double eps = 1.0E-6;
+     
+       for (i = 0; i < NUM; i++) {
+	  if (std::abs(C0[i] - cpuC[i]) > eps) {
+		  errors++;
+	}
+     }
+          
+     if (errors != 0){
+	printf("\nManual Test FAILED: %d errors\n", errors);
+	errors=0;
+     } else {
+	printf("\nManual Test PASSED!\n");
+     }
+     
+     for (i = 0; i < NUM; i++) {
+	  if (std::abs(C1[i] - cpuC[i]) > eps) {
+		  errors++;
+	}
+     }
+          
+     if (errors != 0){
+	printf("\n Automatic Test FAILED: %d errors\n", errors);
+     } else {
+	printf("\nAutomatic Test PASSED!\n");
+     }
+
+     HIP_CHECK(hipFree(Ad));
+     HIP_CHECK(hipFree(Bd));
+     HIP_CHECK(hipFree(C0d));
+     HIP_CHECK(hipFree(C1d));
+
+     free(A);
+     free(B);
+     free(C0);
+     free(C1);
+     free(cpuC);
+}