.. currentmodule:: cuda.core.experimental
  
``cuda.core`` 0.1.1 Release Notes
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Released on Dec 20, 2024

Highlights
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- Add :obj:`~utils.StridedMemoryView` and :func:`~utils.args_viewable_as_strided_memory` that provide a concrete
  implementation of DLPack & CUDA Array Interface supports.
- Add :obj:`~Linker` that can link one or multiple :obj:`~_module.ObjectCode` instances generated by :obj:`~Program`. Under
  the hood, it uses either the nvJitLink or driver (``cuLink*``) APIs depending on the CUDA version
  detected in the current environment.
- Support ``pip install cuda-core``. Please see the Installation Guide for further details.

New features
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- Add a :obj:`cuda.core.experiemental.system` module for querying system- or process-wide information.
- Add :obj:`~LaunchConfig.cluster` to support thread block clusters on Hopper GPUs.

Enhancements
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- The internal handle held by :obj:`~_module.ObjectCode` is now lazily initialized upon first touch.
- Support TCC devices with a default synchronous memory resource to avoid the use of memory pools.
- Ensure ``"ltoir"`` is a valid code type to :obj:`~_module.ObjectCode`.
- Document the ``__cuda_stream__`` protocol.
- Improve test coverage & documentation cross-references.
- Enforce code formatting.

Bug fixes
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- Eliminate potential class destruction issues.
- Fix circular import during handling a foreign CUDA stream.

Limitations
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- All APIs are currently *experimental* and subject to change without deprecation notice.
  Please kindly share your feedback with us so that we can make ``cuda.core`` better!
- Using ``cuda.core`` with NVRTC or nvJitLink installed from PyPI via `pip install` is currently
  not supported. This will be fixed in a future release.
- Some :class:`~LinkerOptions` are only available when using a modern version of CUDA. When using CUDA <12,
  the backend is the cuLink API which supports only a subset of the options that nvjitlink does.
  Further, some options aren't available on CUDA versions <12.6.
- To use ``cuda.core`` with Python 3.13, it currently requires building ``cuda-python`` from source
  prior to `pip install`. This extra step will be fixed soon.