Jonathan Bentz

Jonathan Bentz leads the CUDA technical marketing engineering team at NVIDIA, where his team focuses on creating and delivering engaging content and connecting with CUDA developers. Jonathan holds a PhD in Chemistry and a master’s degree in Computer Science from Iowa State University.
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Posts by Jonathan Bentz

Models / Libraries / Frameworks

Unlock GPU Performance: Global Memory Access in CUDA

Managing memory is one of the most important performance characteristics to consider when writing a GPU kernel.  This post walks you through the important... 15 MIN READ
Development & Optimization

Developers Can Now Get CUDA Directly from Their Favorite Third-Party Platforms

Building and deploying applications can be challenging for developers, requiring them to navigate the complex relationship between hardware and software... 3 MIN READ
Development & Optimization

What’s New and Important in CUDA Toolkit 13.0

The newest update to the CUDA Toolkit, version 13.0, features advancements to accelerate computing on the latest NVIDIA CPUs and GPUs. As a major release, it... 19 MIN READ
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Development & Optimization

Navigating GPU Architecture Support: A Guide for NVIDIA CUDA Developers

If you’ve used the NVIDIA CUDA Compiler (NVCC) for your NVIDIA GPU application recently, you may have encountered a warning message like the following: nvcc... 6 MIN READ
Development & Optimization

Advanced NVIDIA CUDA Kernel Optimization Techniques: Handwritten PTX

As accelerated computing continues to drive application performance in all areas of AI and scientific computing, there's a renewed interest in GPU optimization... 11 MIN READ
Models / Libraries / Frameworks

Just Released: CUDA 12.9

New features include enhancements to confidential computing and family-specific features and targets supported by NVCC.  1 MIN READ