Cuda 9 is here :)

[Miner4ever]

Today, NVIDIA released the CUDA 9 Release Candidate (RC), the fastest accelerated computing platform for HPC and Deep Learning applications.

Release Highlights:
    •       Faster libraries: 2X - 5X faster libraries including cuBLAS, cuFFT and NPP
    •       Cooperative Groups: New programming model with high-performance APIs and primitives for thread management
    •       NVIDIA Volta: Supports the next generation of NVIDIA GPUs

[NameTaken]

Need developer membership to download.

https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-release-candidate-download

[cashen]

I feel like AMD is playing checkers and Nvidia is playing chess.

[bathrobehero]

Apparently no speed increase came out of it for mining and it can be even slower, as per Epsylon3:

yes... sm_61 is an emulation of sm_60 P100 fp16 stuff, and when used (look like it is sometimes) its slower than normal ops generated for sm_5x ... So nothing changed for the GTX (and mining cards) about that since CUDA 8

[Bibi187]

This release is prolly for Volta implementation, nvidia like to give fresh and working driver with a released new card. Every one speak about AMD vegas i think nvidia will do better, less power / more efficienty / more hashrate

[cashen]

This release is prolly for Volta implementation, nvidia like to give fresh and working driver with a released new card. Every one speak about AMD vegas i think nvidia will do better, less power / more efficienty / more hashrate

whats timing for these new Volta? I could not find anything.

[bossbit]

Do I need to download this if I own a Nvidia graphics card?

[philipma1957]

Do I need to download this if I own a Nvidia graphics card?

are you a developer? if so download it.

[darkenedsoul]

Apparently no speed increase came out of it for mining and it can be even slower, as per Epsylon3:

yes... sm_61 is an emulation of sm_60 P100 fp16 stuff, and when used (look like it is sometimes) its slower than normal ops generated for sm_5x ... So nothing changed for the GTX (and mining cards) about that since CUDA 8

Man, thats a bummer. I read the title for this post and got all excited haha. Hopefully we will see SOME increase... once its released to the public.

[jezus]

Cuda is here but not yet gpu.

[Ayers]

This release is prolly for Volta implementation, nvidia like to give fresh and working driver with a released new card. Every one speak about AMD vegas i think nvidia will do better, less power / more efficienty / more hashrate

whats timing for these new Volta? I could not find anything.

2018, so don't worry about it now, but it's true that volta will be a monster, nothing like the change from maxwell to pascal