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The NVCC compiler now defaults to Zstd for "fatbins," leading to smaller binary sizes and faster load times for complex AI applications. cuda driver release news exclusive
Our exclusive CUDA driver release news pipeline continues. We have seen early staging branches of the R560 driver, which contains a flag called --kernel-mode-only . This suggests NVIDIA is preparing a driver that can run entirely in user space, bypassing the OS kernel entirely for AI workloads—a "micro-driver" to fight back against AMD’s ROCm and Intel’s SYCL. cuda driver release news exclusive
April 19, 2026 Source: Developer Relations Insider / Leaked Release Notes (v570.85.05) cuda driver release news exclusive