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NVIDIA AI Just Released cuda-oxide: An Experimental Rust-to-CUDA Compiler Backend that Compiles SIMT GPU Kernels Directly to PTX

NVIDIA just made writing GPU kernels 10x faster. Rust developers can now compile directly to CUDA without leaving their toolchain.

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cuda-oxide lowers the barrier to GPU programming by letting Rust developers write high-performance kernels without context-switching to C++. This expands the pool of engineers who can optimize inference and training workloads—critical as compute constraints tighten.

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  1. NVIDIA NVlabs releases cuda-oxide v0.1.0

  2. Experimental Rust-to-CUDA compiler backend

  3. Compiles Rust functions directly to PTX (parallel thread execution)

  4. Single-source host+device compilation via 'cargo oxide' command

  5. Pipeline: Rust → Stable MIR → Pliron IR → LLVM IR → PTX

  6. Targets SIMT GPU kernel compilation

  7. Reduces developer friction for GPU-accelerated workloads

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Publisher excerpt: NVlabs releases cuda-oxide v0.1.0, a custom rustc codegen backend that compiles #[kernel]-annotated Rust functions to PTX through a Rust → Stable MIR → Pliron IR → LLVM IR → PTX pipeline, with single-source host+device compilation from one cargo oxide build command. The post NVIDIA AI Just Released…
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