cuda11.6

Version:

11.6.2

Category:

tools

Cluster:

Loki

Author / Distributor

https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit-archive

Description

The NVIDIA CUDA® Toolkit 11.6 provides a comprehensive development environment for building high-performance GPU-accelerated applications. This version adds new features, performance optimizations, and enhanced support for Ampere, Turing, and Volta architectures.

Available modules:

• cuda11.6/toolkit/11.6.2 CUDA compiler, runtime, driver, headers, and profiling tools

• cuda11.6/blas/11.6.2 cuBLAS 11.7 — dense linear algebra optimized for NVIDIA GPUs

• cuda11.6/fft/11.6.2 cuFFT 10.6 — Fast Fourier Transform library supporting batch and multi-dimensional transforms

Key improvements in CUDA 11.6:

• Enhanced compiler driver with better diagnostics

• Support for CUDA Enhanced Compatibility

• Improved support for Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) on A100

• Library updates: - cuBLAS 11.7 - cuFFT 10.6 - cuRAND, cuSolver, cuSPARSE

• Profiling upgrades: Nsight Compute, Nsight Systems

Documentation

• Toolkit: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/archive/11.6/

• cuBLAS: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/archive/11.6/cublas

• cuFFT: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/archive/11.6/cufft

• CUDA Programming Guide: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/archive/11.6/cuda-c-programming-guide/

Examples/Usage

• Load the CUDA toolkit:

$ module load cuda11.6/toolkit/11.6.2

• Compile a simulation targeting Ampere:

$ nvcc -arch=sm_80 simulation.cu -o simulation

• Run your program:

$ ./simulation

• Load specific libraries if needed:

$ module load cuda11.6/blas/11.6.2
$ module load cuda11.6/fft/11.6.2

• Check environment variables:

$ echo $CUDA_HOME
$ echo $PATH
$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

• Unload modules:

$ module unload cuda11.6/toolkit/11.6.2
$ module unload cuda11.6/blas/11.6.2
$ module unload cuda11.6/fft/11.6.2

Installation

CUDA 11.6 was installed from the NVIDIA archive: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-11.6-download-archive