Profilers / Debuggers / Code Analysis
Mar 14, 2024
Powerful Shader Insights: Using Shader Debug Info with NVIDIA Nsight Graphics
As ray tracing becomes the predominant rendering technique in modern game engines, a single GPU RayGen shader can now perform most of the light simulation of a...
7 MIN READ
Oct 24, 2023
Efficient CUDA Debugging: Memory Initialization and Thread Synchronization with NVIDIA Compute Sanitizer
NVIDIA Compute Sanitizer (NCS) is a powerful tool that can save you time and effort while improving the reliability and performance of your CUDA...
13 MIN READ
Aug 09, 2023
Speed Up GPU Crash Debugging with NVIDIA Nsight Aftermath
NVIDIA Nsight Developer Tools provide comprehensive access to NVIDIA GPUs and graphics APIs for performance analysis, optimization, and debugging activities....
5 MIN READ
Jul 06, 2023
CUDA Toolkit 12.2 Unleashes Powerful Features for Boosting Applications
The latest release of CUDA Toolkit 12.2 introduces a range of essential new features, modifications to the programming model, and enhanced support for hardware...
8 MIN READ
Jun 29, 2023
Efficient CUDA Debugging: How to Hunt Bugs with NVIDIA Compute Sanitizer
Debugging code is a crucial aspect of software development but can be both challenging and time-consuming. Parallel programming with thousands of threads can...
14 MIN READ
Jun 28, 2023
Optimizing CUDA Memory Transfers with NVIDIA Nsight Systems
NVIDIA Nsight Systems is a comprehensive tool for tracking application performance across CPU and GPU resources. It helps ensure that hardware is being...
10 MIN READ
Jun 28, 2023
Improving GPU Performance by Reducing Instruction Cache Misses
GPUs are specially designed to crunch through massive amounts of data at high speed. They have a large amount of compute resources, called streaming...
11 MIN READ
May 31, 2022
Improve Guidance and Performance Visualization with the New Nsight Compute
NVIDIA Nsight Compute is an interactive kernel profiler for CUDA applications. It provides detailed performance metrics and API debugging through a user...
3 MIN READ
Mar 24, 2022
Record, Edit, and Rewind in Virtual Reality with NVIDIA VR Capture and Replay
Developers and early access users can now accurately capture and replay VR sessions for performance testing, scene troubleshooting, and more with NVIDIA Virtual...
5 MIN READ
Jan 25, 2022
NVIDIA Nsight Systems 2022.1 Introduces Vulkan 1.3 and Linux Backtrace Sampling and Profiling Improvements
The latest update to NVIDIA Nsight Systems—a performance analysis tool designed to help developers tune and scale software across CPUs and GPUs—is now...
2 MIN READ
Jan 25, 2022
NVIDIA Nsight Graphics 2022.1 Supports Latest Vulkan Ray Tracing Extension
Today, NVIDIA announced the latest Nsight Graphics 2022.1, which supports Direct3D (11, 12, DXR), Vulkan 1.3 ray tracing extension, OpenGL, OpenVR, and the...
3 MIN READ
Feb 12, 2021
Boosting Productivity and Performance with the NVIDIA CUDA 11.2 C++ Compiler
The 11.2 CUDA C++ compiler incorporates features and enhancements aimed at improving developer productivity and the performance of GPU-accelerated applications....
21 MIN READ
Aug 02, 2019
Transitioning to Nsight Systems from NVIDIA Visual Profiler / nvprof
The Nsight suite of profiling tools now supersedes the NVIDIA Visual Profiler (NVVP) and nvprof. Let’s look at what this means for NVIDIA Visual Profiler or...
17 MIN READ
Jul 15, 2019
Migrating to NVIDIA Nsight Tools from NVVP and Nvprof
If you use the NVIDIA Visual Profiler or the nvprof command line tool, it’s time to transition to something newer: NVIDIA Nsight Tools. Don’t worry! The new...
10 MIN READ
Nov 16, 2017
Pro Tip: Pinpointing Runtime Errors in CUDA Fortran
CUDA Fortran for Scientists and Engineers shows how high-performance application developers can...
4 MIN READ
Mar 19, 2017
CUDA Development for Jetson with NVIDIA Nsight Eclipse Edition
NVIDIA Nsight Eclipse Edition is a...
14 MIN READ