NVIDIA Unified Virtual Memory
Automatic memory management between CPU and GPU through page faulting and on-demand migration
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Automatic memory management between CPU and GPU through page faulting and on-demand migration
Understanding character devices, major/minor numbers, and the device file hierarchy created by NVIDIA drivers for GPU access in Linux.
Deep dive into nvidia-modeset, the NVIDIA kernel module that handles display mode-setting, monitor configuration, and DRM integration in Linux systems.
Eliminating GPU initialization latency through nvidia-persistenced - a userspace daemon that maintains GPU driver state for optimal startup performance.