Nvidia adds native Python support to CUDA

In 2024, Python became the most popular programming language in the world — overtaking JavaScript — according to GitHub’s 2024 open source survey. For years, NVIDIA’s CUDA software toolkit didn’t have native Python support. But that’s now changed. At GTC, NVIDIA announced native support and full integration of Python in its CUDA toolkit. Developers will be able to use Python for direct execution of algorithmic-style computing on GPUs. “We’ve been working hard to bring accelerated Python, first class, into the CUDA stack,” said Stephen Jones, CUDA architect, during a presentation at the recent GTC conference. For programmers, the implications are massive. CUDA was born from C and C++, and now coders don’t need knowledge of those programming languages to use the toolkit. “Python for CUDA should not look like C. It should look like Python,” Jones said. “Python CUDA is not just C translated into Python syntax.” — Stephen Jones, CUDA architect Coders can use natural Python interface ... Read full article.