{"id":14575,"date":"2022-03-22T18:46:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=14575"},"modified":"2022-03-22T18:46:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:46:57","slug":"nvidia-introduces-60-updates-to-cuda-x-libraries-opening-new-science-and-industries-to-accelerated-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/03\/22\/nvidia-introduces-60-updates-to-cuda-x-libraries-opening-new-science-and-industries-to-accelerated-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"NVIDIA Introduces 60+ Updates To CUDA-X Libraries, Opening New Science And Industries To Accelerated Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>New Capabilities Accelerate Work in Quantum Computing and 6G Research, Logistics Optimization Research, Robotics, Cybersecurity, Genomics and Drug Discovery, Data Analytics and More<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nvidia-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nvidia-1.jpg?resize=200%2C59&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10580\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NVIDIA today unveiled more than 60 updates to its CUDA-X&#x2122; collection of libraries, tools and technologies across a broad range of disciplines, which dramatically improve performance of the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.nvidia.com\/cuda-zone\" target=\"_blank\"><u>CUDA<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0software computing platform<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cuda-x.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cuda-x.jpg?resize=500%2C270&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cuda-x.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cuda-x.jpg?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dozens of updates are immediately available, reinforcing CUDA\u2019s position as the industry\u2019s most comprehensive platform for developers to build accelerated applications to address challenges across high performance computing fields such as research in 6G, quantum computing, genomics, drug discovery and logistics optimization, as well as advanced work in robotics, cybersecurity, data analytics and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CUDA platform has been downloaded more than 33 million times since its introduction in 2008, with 8 million downloads in 2021 alone, up 3x in three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInnovation in AI and accelerated computing is driving major scientific breakthroughs and the creation of new applications and services in virtually every industry,\u201d said Greg Estes, vice president of Developer Programs at NVIDIA. \u201cWith these updates, NVIDIA is making it easier than ever for researchers and developers to take advantage of the power of CUDA and get the highest performance from our platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Built on top of CUDA, NVIDIA\u2019s platforms for AI, HPC and graphics include software development kits and tools that are at the heart of enabling higher performance and accelerated algorithms across multiple application domains. The SDKs make it easy for developers, researchers and data scientists to tap into the power of NVIDIA\u2019s advanced platform, tackling the immense complexity at the intersection of computing, algorithms and science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These updates make the NVIDIA systems that developers already use across science, AI and data processing even faster. Highlights include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.nvidia.com\/cuquantum-sdk\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><u>cuQuantum<\/u><\/strong><\/a>, for accelerating quantum circuit simulation, is now in general availability and, for the first time, available in the cuQuantum DGX Appliance, which provides HPC researchers a full quantum simulation stack optimized for deployment on the NVIDIA DGX&#x2122; platform. A key element in a rapidly expanding ecosystem, cuQuantum is now integrated as a backend in popular simulators from Google Quantum AI, Xanadu and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It is also now being offered as a part of quantum application development platforms from Classiq and Zapata Computing, and is being used by QC Ware, Xanadu and others to power quantum research at scale in areas from chemistry to climate modeling.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.nvidia.com\/sionna\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><u>Sionna<\/u><\/strong><\/a>&#x2122;, for 6G physical-layer research, is a new, GPU-accelerated, open-source library, with native support for the integration of neural networks and machine learning. Sionna enables rapid prototyping of complex communication system architectures and adds to NVIDIA\u2019s investment in the wireless domain, which includes Aerial, a unified software-defined platform for delivering AI-on-5G.<ul><li>\u201cSionna will transform the way AI\/ML-based communication systems are developed in the future,\u201d said Christoph Studer, professor in the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at ETH Z\u00fcrich. \u201cEven better, it runs incredibly fast on our NVIDIA DGX Station.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/deep-learning-ai\/software\/rapids\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><u>RAPIDS<\/u><\/strong><\/a>&#x2122;, data science libraries to accelerate drug discovery, social connections, fraud detection and more, is one of NVIDIA\u2019s most popular SDKs with 2 million downloads and leveraged in over 5,000 projects on GitHub. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/deep-learning-ai\/solutions\/data-science\/apache-spark-3\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;speeds processing by over 3x with no code changes. With 80 percent of the Fortune 500 using Apache Spark in production, data engineers can transparently accelerate Spark dataframe and SQL operations.<\/li><li><strong>cuOpt<\/strong>, formerly ReOpt, for logistics optimization research focused on vehicle routing, enables users to route thousands of packages to thousands of locations in \u200bmere seconds with record accuracy \u2014 enabling real-time rerouting and saving potentially billions in delivery costs each year.<\/li><li><strong>Morpheus<\/strong>, for cybersecurity applications, makes it possible to analyze up to 100 percent of one\u2019s data in real time, for more accurate detection and faster remediation of threats as they occur. F5 achieved 200x performance improvements to its malware detection model, going from 1,013 messages per second to 208,333 messages per second, with just 136 lines of code.<\/li><li><strong>DGL container<\/strong>, for training graph neural networks, adds algorithm improvements delivering 4x faster end-to-end ETL and training workflows than CPUs in areas such as drug discovery and fraud detection.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.nvidia.com\/nsight-systems\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><u>Nsight&#x2122; Systems<\/u><\/strong><\/a>, for system-wide visualization of an application\u2019s performance, allows developers to see how GPU-accelerated libraries use system resources, interact with the application and identify optimization opportunities to reduce bottlenecks.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Among other libraries being updated are MONAI, for medical imaging; NVIDIA FLARE&#x2122;, for federated learning, with nearly 300,000 downloads; Maxine, for reinventing communications; Riva, for speech AI; Merlin, for recommender systems; and Isaac&#x2122;, for robotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join the 3 million developers already enjoying benefits, such as access to training courses and materials through the NVIDIA&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/training\/online\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Deep Learning Institute<\/u><\/a>, technical talks and tools, by registering for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.nvidia.com\/developer-program?ncid=em-prom-480219#cid=dev03_em-prom_en-us\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>NVIDIA Developer program<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about CUDA-X libraries, watch the\u00a0<u>GTC 2022 keynote<\/u>\u00a0from NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/gtc\/?ncid=ref-pr-649229#cid=gtcs22_ref-pr_en-us\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Register for GTC for free<\/u><\/a>\u00a0to attend sessions with NVIDIA and industry leaders, such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/gtc\/session-catalog\/\"><u>CUDA: New Features and Beyond<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GTC 2022 Spring Keynote with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/39ubNuxnrK8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Capabilities Accelerate Work in Quantum Computing and 6G Research, Logistics Optimization Research, Robotics, Cybersecurity, Genomics and Drug Discovery, Data Analytics and More NVIDIA today unveiled more than 60 updates to its CUDA-X&#x2122; collection of libraries, tools and technologies across a broad range of disciplines, which dramatically improve performance of the\u00a0CUDA\u00ae\u00a0software computing platform. 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