Module 01 - Core
Tensor Cores
& CUTLASS
See the GPU the way NVIDIA engineers see it.
How GPU matrix multiply units work, when they saturate, and how to keep them fed. The foundation of every high-performance inference kernel.
Performance
Maximize GPU
throughput
Architecture
How GPUs
really work
Systems
Build better
AI systems
Debugging
Diagnose real
bottlenecks
Why This Module Exists
See the GPU the way engineers see it.
The Problem
Most developers use GPUs every day—yet few understand the hardware that drives real performance. You deploy systems blind to bottlenecks.
What You'll Learn
How Tensor Cores execute operations. How warps collaborate. How modern GPU stacks expose maximum acceleration. Achieve 2–4x speedups.
The Outcome
Build systems that run at their potential. Make informed tradeoffs between latency and throughput. Debug performance problems instead of guessing.
Built for Technical Leaders
Who Is This For?
AI Engineers
Build production systems that maximize GPU utilization and performance.
CUDA Developers
Write kernels that saturate hardware and unlock 2–4x performance gains.
ML Infrastructure Teams
Design systems that scale inference and training efficiently across clusters.
GPU Researchers
Understand hardware architecture to drive algorithmic innovation.
Performance Engineers
Debug bottlenecks with concrete hardware understanding, not guesswork.
HPC & LLM Platform Teams
Architect platforms that unleash GPU potential at massive scale.
Learning Outcomes
What You'll Be Able To Do.
Understand Tensor Core execution models
Work with warp-level computation and synchronization
Write and reason about PTX-level instructions
Explore MMA operations and fragment layouts
Navigate CUTLASS architecture and abstractions
Optimize data movement and memory usage
Identify and fix GPU performance bottlenecks
Design hardware-aware, high-performance kernels
The best performance comes from understanding the hardware, not fighting it.
This module teaches you to think like the GPU.
NEXT STEPS
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