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The CUDA Toolkit 3.0 Beta is now available to GPU Computing registered developers.
Highlights for this release include:
- CUDA Driver / Runtime Buffer Interoperability, which allows applications using the CUDA Driver API to also use libraries implemented using the CUDA C Runtime.
- A new, separate version of the CUDA C Runtime (CUDART) for debuggingin emulation-mode.
- C++ Class Inheritance and Template Inheritance support for increasedprogrammer productivity
- A new unified interoperability API for Direct3D and OpenGL, withsupport for:
- OpenGL texture interop
- Direct3D 11 interop support
- cuda-gdb hardware debugging support for applications that use the CUDADriver API
- New CUDA Memory Checker reports misalignment and out of bounds errors,available as a debugging mode within cuda-gdb and also as a stand-alone utility.
- CUDA Toolkit libraries are now versioned, enabling applications to require a specific version, support multiple versions explicitly, etc.
- CUDA C/C++ kernels are now compiled to standard ELF format
- Support for all the OpenCL features in the latest R195.39 beta driver:
- Double Precision
- OpenGL Interoperability, for interactive high performance visualization
- Query for Compute Capability, so you can target optimizations for GPU architectures (cl_nv_device_attribute_query)
- Ability to control compiler optimization settings, etc. via support for NVIDIA Compiler Flags (cl_nv_compiler_options)
- OpenCL Images support, for better/faster image filtering
- 32-bit Atomics for fast, convenient data manipulation
- Byte Addressable Stores, for faster video/image processing and compression algorithms
- Support for the latest OpenCL spec revision 48 and latest official Khronos OpenCL headers as of 11/1/2009
- Early support for the Fermi architecture, including:
- Native 64-bit GPU support
- Multiple Copy Engine support
- ECC reporting
- Concurrent Kernel Execution
- Fermi HW debugging support in cuda-gdb
For more information on general purpose computing features of the Fermi architecture, see: www.nvidia.com/fermi.
Windows developers should be sure to sign up for the Nexus beta program, and test drive the integrated support for GPU hardware debugging, profiling, and platform trace/analysis features at: www.nvidia.com/nexus
Please review the errata document for important notes about using this beta release.
Special Notice for MacOS X Developers
- Use the cudadriver_3.0.0-beta1_macos.pkg driver with all NVIDIA GPUs except Quadro FX 4800 and GeForce GTX 285 on MacOS X 10.5.6 and later (pre-SnowLeoard)
- Use cudadriver_3.0.1-beta1_macos.pkg driver with Quadro FX 4800 and GeForce GTX 285 on MacOS X 10.5.6 and later (pre-SnowLeoard).
- Use cudadriver_3.0.1-beta1_macos.pkg driver with all NVIDIA GPUs on MacOS X 10.6 SnowLeopard and later.
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