NVIDIA releases the first CUDA SDK
First public release of the CUDA SDK
Why it matters
Lowered the barrier to general-purpose computing on GPUs — the software foundation that all of deep learning later rode on
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Pressen.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUDAAdded in Week 35, 2026 · See that week