RGN 19 - CUDA Enhanced Compatibility

Author	RAPIDS TPM
Status	Completed
Topic	Build Change
RAPIDS Version	v21.12
Created	November 18, 2021
Updated	September 5, 2023

Overview

RAPIDS 21.12 packages will be built using the latest 11.5 version of nvcc and the CUDA runtime and distributed for use with any CUDA driver >=450.80.02 via the use of CUDA Enhanced Compatibility. We strongly recommend using the CUDA 11.5 runtime. Any runtime >=11.0 and <11.5 is supported on a best-effort basis.

Impact

One limitation this poses for users running older minor versions of the CUDA runtime is that the use of debug=True with the numba @cuda.jit decorator will result in a runtime error. Users running 11.5 will still be able to use debug=True.