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

Simulation / Modeling / Design

CUDA Toolkit 13.4 Adds Windows on Arm Support and Greater Control over Shared GPUs

Every NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit release adds functionality and performance improvements that help developers get more from NVIDIA GPUs and the broader NVIDIA software... 15 MIN READ
Developer Tools & Techniques

Introducing CUDA Rust: Two Tracks for Writing GPU Kernels

In September 2026, NVIDIA announced it is leaning into native GPU programming in Rust. CUDA C++ and CUDA Python are mature, enterprise-grade toolchains, and... 13 MIN READ
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Developer Tools & Techniques

Extract More Kernel Performance with NVIDIA CompileIQ Auto-Tuning 

NVIDIA CompileIQ tackles one of the hardest problems in performance engineering: finding the compiler options that unlock the best performance for a specific... 12 MIN READ
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Developer Tools & Techniques

Develop High-Performance GPU Kernels in C++ with NVIDIA CUDA Tile

Developers can now use NVIDIA CUDA Tile programming within large existing C++  GPU codebases to develop highly optimized GPU kernels using tile-based... 14 MIN READ
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Developer Tools & Techniques

NVIDIA CUDA 13.3 Enhances GPU Development with Tile Programming in C++, Compiler Autotuning, and Python Updates

NVIDIA CUDA 13.3 brings new capabilities and performance optimizations to developers across the CUDA ecosystem. The launch of NVIDIA CUDA Tile programming in... 13 MIN READ
Developer Tools & Techniques

CUDA Tile Programming Now Available for BASIC!

Note: CUDA Tile Programming in BASIC is an April Fools’ joke, but it's also real and actually works,  demonstrating the flexibility of CUDA. CUDA 13.1... 7 MIN READ