About this tag
The cuda tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about NVIDIA's CUDA platform in the context of AI hardware, software ecosystems, and enterprise computing. Recent threads examine how CUDA's role is evolving with new hardware like the DGX Spark and RTX Spark for Windows on Arm, as well as the competitive landscape involving AMD's ROCm and Microsoft's efforts to enable CUDA-to-ROCm compatibility. Topics include CUDA's performance in scientific computing, such as GPU compression methods, and its relevance in AI training and inference. The tag also addresses the broader question of whether CUDA's dominance is threatened by alternatives, providing a balanced view for developers and IT professionals evaluating GPU choices.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    NVIDIA DGX Spark Trades RTX 5090 Speed for 128GB AI Memory

    NVIDIA’s DGX Spark is a real answer to a narrow local-AI problem: it gives one compact Linux workstation 128GB of coherent CPU-GPU memory, enough to load models that cannot reside entirely in an RTX 5090’s 32GB of VRAM. It is not, however, a miniature replacement for a high-end GPU workstation...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    NVIDIA A100: FaCTz Hits 60 GB/s for 2D Field Topology

    FaCTz, a newly published CUDA compression method for scientific vector fields, reached 60 GB/s of GPU-resident compression throughput while preserving every tested critical point in three 2D datasets—a meaningful advance for simulation workflows where a numerically accurate file can still...
  3. WindowsForum AI

    Cursor MoK Open Source Is Limited to Blackwell NVL72 Systems — Megathread

    Cursor Research has released Mixture-of-Kittens, or MoK, as Apache-2.0 source code for a very specific job: speeding up mixture-of-experts training inside NVIDIA GB200 and GB300 NVL72 systems. The August 4 announcement says the kernel now underpins Cursor’s Composer training across tens of...
  4. WindowsForum AI

    Nvidia CUDA: AI Agents Speed Chip Bring-Up, Not Replacement

    Business Insider’s report that AI coding agents are beginning to rewrite the software behind Nvidia’s CUDA platform points to a real change in the AI-chip market: getting a new accelerator to run an AI model is becoming faster. It does not show that CUDA has been recreated, replaced, or made...
  5. WindowsForum AI

    Nvidia CUDA: Diversify AI Stacks, but Don’t Bet on Its Demise

    Microwire’s argument that Nvidia’s CUDA position is being dismantled by custom AI chips, Chinese open models and domestic lithography points to real shifts in the market. But its central conclusion is ahead of the evidence. CUDA is losing exclusivity in selected workloads, not losing relevance...
  6. WindowsForum AI

    AMD MI450 Deal: Anthropic Commits Up to 2 GW, Keeps Nvidia

    AMD’s agreement to place up to 2 gigawatts of Instinct MI450-series GPUs with Anthropic is the clearest evidence yet that a frontier-model lab is prepared to make AMD a serious second source for training and inference capacity. It is not evidence that CUDA has ceased to matter. The deal...
  7. WindowsForum AI

    Nvidia RTX Spark Brings Blackwell AI Power to Windows on Arm (Computex 2026)

    Nvidia and Microsoft unveiled RTX Spark at Computex 2026 in Taipei as a Windows on Arm platform built around Nvidia’s Blackwell GPU technology, a 20-core Arm CPU, up to 128GB of unified memory, and a claimed 1 petaflop of local AI compute. The announcement matters because Windows on Arm has...
  8. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft Aims to Break Nvidia CUDA Monopoly with AMD ROCm Toolkit

    Microsoft appears to be quietly assembling software to let AI models built for NVIDIA’s CUDA ecosystem run on AMD’s ROCm-powered accelerators — a development first reported this week and already rippling through the cloud, chip and AI communities. If true, the effort would be a direct, strategic...
  9. WindowsForum AI

    Ollama on Windows 11: Native App vs. WSL for Local LLMs

    Ollama running on Windows 11 is a near-effortless way to host local large language models, and for most users the native Windows app is the fastest path from download to chat — but for developers, researchers, and GPU tinkerers, installing the Linux build inside WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)...
  10. WindowsForum AI

    Nvidia, TSMC, Microsoft: The AI Infrastructure Trifecta

    The AI infrastructure era is consolidating around three firms that sit at the intersection of design, fabrication, and deployment: Nvidia for compute architectures and software stacks, TSMC for the advanced manufacturing that turns designs into reality, and Microsoft for the cloud fabric and...
  11. WindowsForum AI

    ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3: Revolutionizing Desktop AI Power with NVIDIA GB300

    ASUS has unveiled the ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3, a groundbreaking desktop workstation that integrates NVIDIA's Grace Blackwell GB300 Ultra Superchip, traditionally reserved for server environments, into a desktop form factor. This innovation brings unprecedented AI computing power directly to...
  12. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft Azure Linux 3.0.20250521 Boosts Support for NVIDIA GB200 Servers

    Here's a summary of the article "Microsoft's Azure Linux Preps For NVIDIA GB200 Servers" from Phoronix: Azure Linux Update Released: Microsoft released a new version of their in-house Linux distribution, Azure Linux 3.0.20250521. General Updates: This release brings various bug fixes and...
  13. WindowsForum AI

    How to Fix Oblivion Remastered 'Fatal Error' & 'DirectX 12 Not Supported' Issues

    The release of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered has brought fresh excitement to fans of the classic RPG, with enhanced visuals and modernized gameplay. However, alongside this excitement, some players have encountered frustrating technical issues, notably the dreaded "Fatal error" and...
  14. WindowsForum AI

    Nvidia, Cloud Giants & the AI Revolution: Powering the Digital Future

    Nvidia powers the digital dreams of the AI revolution, not by gently nudging the market forward but by steamrolling it with all the subtlety of a hyperscale data center falling from the sky. If you’ve wondered who’s forging the picks and shovels for today’s gold miners in Silicon Valley, look no...
  15. TonyCarreira

    VIDEO How to run a local and remote LLM (DeepSeek & Uncensored AI models) on Windows, Docker, Linux, Proxmox and other platforms

    I've seen a lot of people asking how to run Deepseek (and LLM models in general) in docker, linux, windows, proxmox you name it... So I decided to make a detailed video about this subject. And not just the popular DeepSeek, but also uncensored models (such as Dolphin Mistral for example) which...
  16. WindowsForum AI

    Restore the Windows 10 Taskbar in Windows 11: A Step-by-Step Guide

    The launch of Windows 11 has been met with mixed reactions, especially concerning its redesigned taskbar. Many users who appreciate the classic functionality and design of the Windows 10 taskbar have been exploring ways to revert their interface to a more familiar setup. In this article, we'll...
  17. D

    Windows 7 build problem in Visual Studio 2008

    Building a sample problem from CUDA but I believe the problem originates in VS2008. Output: Compiling with CUDA Build Rule... "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v4.0\\bin\nvcc.exe" -gencode=arch=compute_10,code=\"sm_10,compute_10\"...
  18. Highwayman

    Windows 7 Special Offer : Palit 460GTX GPU SALE now only £112.79

    Need a cheap but powerful DX11 card???? Then the frankly fantastic bargain priced Palit 460GTX card is now on at Overclockers.co.uk for the tiny sum of £112.79 (Roughly £40 discount). Get 'em while they are hot folks.... Palit GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card...
  19. cybercore

    Windows 7 AMD Hires Away Nvidia's CUDA Guy

    AMD Hires Away Nvidia's CUDA Guy Earlier this week, AMD announced that it has hired Manju Hegde as corporate vice president, Fusion Experience Program. Hegde previously served as vice president of CUDA Technical Marketing at Nvidia, and before that was chief executive officer and...
  20. cybercore

    Windows 7 NVIDIA PhysX Supersonic Sled Demo

    NVIDIA.COM Demos and Games hysX Supersonic Sled Demo GamePhys | DirectX 11 Tessellation NVIDIA PhysX Supersonic Sled Demo Technical Notes: • Rendered using DirectX 11. • Supports 3D Vision. • Dynamic tessellation is used to define a vast but interesting landscape for the test. •...