Cuda Driver Release News Exclusive -

: Starting with CUDA 13.1, NVIDIA has stopped bundling the Windows display driver with the toolkit. Users must now download and install drivers separately NVIDIA Docs Major Features in the CUDA 13.x Lifecycle

For the millions still running GTX 1080 Ti or Tesla P100 accelerators, this is a sunset notice. New CUDA toolkit versions will still compile for these architectures, but driver-level optimizations — and critical security patches — will cease after 2027. cuda driver release news exclusive