Tag: gpu
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Matching CUDA arch and CUDA gencode for various NVIDIA architectures
Updated November 14th 2023 tl;dr I’ve seen some confusion regarding NVIDIA’s nvcc sm flags and what they’re used for:When compiling with NVCC, the arch flag (‘-arch‘) specifies the name of the NVIDIA GPU architecture that the CUDA files will be compiled for.Gencodes (‘-gencode‘) allows for more PTX generations and can be repeated many times for…
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SQream DB string cheat-sheet
There is some lack of handy documentation for SQream DB – a fast, GPU based analytics SQL database. I decided to make a few cheat sheets to help out my fellow SQream DB DBAs. Strings Download as PDF – SQream DB Cheat sheet – Strings (164KB)
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Nvidia GTX 1080 vs Nvidia Tesla K40 – Installing a GTX1080 in a Dell R720
At SQream Technologies, we use Nvidia graphics cards in order to perform a lot of the heavy database operations. With SQream DB, we usually recommend using a Tesla K40 or K80 card. While a Tesla K40 is designed to operate inside a server enclosure (it has no onboard fan), standard Nvidia cards like the GTX…
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Where are the GPU based SQL databases?
The following is a blog post I wrote for the SQream Technologies blog.