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ZLUDA Implements Kernel Cache Support To Help With Performance

([Free Software] 4 Hours Ago ZLUDA Kernel Cache)


[1]ZLUDA as the open-source solution [2]bringing CUDA to non-NVIDIA hardware has been [3]seeing a nice uptick in activity the past several months for its latest take on life. The latest feature merged to ZLUDA is the all-important kernel cache to help with performance.

ZLUDA lead developer Andrzej Janik has implemented a kernel cache in order to cache PTX code on-disk to avoid subsequent recompilations. This kernel cache leverages an SQLite database and is another step (of many) to help with bettering the performance of this CUDA implementation for non-NVIDIA hardware.

The kernel cache support was built out as part of [4]ZLUDA-preview.93 yesterday and includes new Linux and Windows binaries for those interested. More details on ZLUDA's kernel cache for those interested via [5]this GitHub pull .



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/ZLUDA

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/ZLUDA-Third-Life

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/news/ZLUDA-5-preview.43

[4] https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA/releases/tag/v5-preview.93

[5] https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA/pull/465


shmerl

I always will remember -- I was in no mood to trifle;
'Twas a year ago November -- I got down my trusty rifle
I went out to shoot some deer And went out to stalk my prey --
On a morning bright and clear. What a haul I made that day!
I went and shot the maximum I tied them to my bumper and
The game laws would allow: I drove them home somehow,
Two game wardens, seven hunters, Two game wardens, seven hunters,
And a cow. And a cow.

The Law was very firm, it People ask me how I do it
Took away my permit-- And I say, "There's nothin' to it!
The worst punishment I ever endured. You just stand there lookin' cute,
It turns out there was a reason: And when something moves, you shoot."
Cows were out of season, and And there's ten stuffed heads
One of the hunters wasn't insured. In my trophy room right now:
Two game wardens, seven hunters,
And a pure-bred guernsey cow.
-- Tom Lehrer, "The Hunting Song"