cuSPARSE
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cuSPARSE is NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated library providing high-performance sparse linear algebra routines for CUDA applications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| cuSPARSE canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1893380 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: cuSPARSE Context triple: [NVIDIA CUDA, includes, cuSPARSE]
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A.
cuBLAS
cuBLAS is NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated implementation of the BLAS linear algebra library, providing high-performance matrix and vector operations for CUDA applications.
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B.
cuDNN
cuDNN is NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated library of optimized primitives for deep neural networks, widely used to speed up training and inference in frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch.
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C.
cuRAND
cuRAND is NVIDIA's GPU-accelerated random number generation library designed to efficiently produce high-quality random numbers for parallel applications using CUDA.
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D.
CUDA Fortran
CUDA Fortran is an extension of the Fortran programming language that enables developers to write and run parallel code on NVIDIA GPUs using the CUDA architecture.
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E.
CuPy
CuPy is an open-source array library for Python that accelerates numerical computing by providing a NumPy-compatible interface backed by GPU execution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: cuSPARSE Target entity description: cuSPARSE is NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated library providing high-performance sparse linear algebra routines for CUDA applications.
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A.
cuBLAS
cuBLAS is NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated implementation of the BLAS linear algebra library, providing high-performance matrix and vector operations for CUDA applications.
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B.
cuDNN
cuDNN is NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated library of optimized primitives for deep neural networks, widely used to speed up training and inference in frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch.
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C.
cuRAND
cuRAND is NVIDIA's GPU-accelerated random number generation library designed to efficiently produce high-quality random numbers for parallel applications using CUDA.
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D.
CUDA Fortran
CUDA Fortran is an extension of the Fortran programming language that enables developers to write and run parallel code on NVIDIA GPUs using the CUDA architecture.
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E.
CuPy
CuPy is an open-source array library for Python that accelerates numerical computing by providing a NumPy-compatible interface backed by GPU execution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
CUDA library
ⓘ
GPU-accelerated sparse linear algebra library ⓘ software library ⓘ |
| developer |
NVIDIA Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
NVIDIA
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| documentationURL | https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cusparse ⓘ |
| domain | sparse linear algebra ⓘ |
| includedIn | CUDA Toolkit installation ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
NVIDIA HPC SDK
ⓘ
Thrust ⓘ cuBLAS ⓘ cuSOLVER ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| optimizedFor | high-performance sparse computations on GPUs ⓘ |
| partOf |
CUDA toolkit
ⓘ
surface form:
NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit
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| programmingModel |
NVIDIA CUDA
ⓘ
surface form:
CUDA
|
| providesAPI | C API ⓘ |
| requires |
CUDA Runtime API
ⓘ
surface form:
CUDA runtime
CUDA-capable NVIDIA GPU ⓘ |
| supportsDataType |
complex double-precision (for some routines)
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complex single-precision (for some routines) ⓘ double-precision floating point ⓘ half-precision floating point (for some routines) ⓘ single-precision floating point ⓘ |
| supportsExecution | asynchronous GPU execution (via CUDA streams) ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
batched sparse operations (for some routines)
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descriptor-based matrix and vector objects ⓘ mixed-precision computation (for some routines) ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
C
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ Fortran (via wrappers) ⓘ |
| supportsMatrixFormat |
BSR (Block Sparse Row)
ⓘ
COO (Coordinate) ⓘ SparseMatrixCSC ⓘ
surface form:
CSC (Compressed Sparse Column)
CSR (Compressed Sparse Row) ⓘ ELL (ELLPACK) ⓘ HYB (Hybrid ELL/COO) ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
sparse matrix factorization (limited routines)
ⓘ
sparse matrix format conversion ⓘ sparse matrix reordering ⓘ sparse matrix-matrix multiplication ⓘ sparse matrix-vector multiplication ⓘ sparse triangular solve ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
GPU
ⓘ
surface form:
NVIDIA GPU
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| useCase |
engineering simulation
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graph analytics (via sparse matrices) ⓘ machine learning with sparse data ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ |
| vendor | NVIDIA Corporation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: cuSPARSE Description of subject: cuSPARSE is NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated library providing high-performance sparse linear algebra routines for CUDA applications.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
CUDA