Deep Learning Profiler 21.08 Release Notes

Description

DLProf Release for 21.08, available in the NVIDIA TensorFlow 1.x, TensorFlow 2.x, and PyTorch NGC containers, and as a Python Wheel on the NVIDIA PY Index.

Note: NVTX-Plugins are being removed from the Deep Learning Frameworks TensorFLow 1.x & TensorFLow 2.x containers starting with the 21.09 release. They can still be manually installed from https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvtx-plugins.

Driver Requirements

Release 21.08 is based on NVIDIA CUDA 11.4.1, which requires NVIDIA Driver release 470 or later. However, if you are running on Tesla (for example, T4 or any other Tesla board), you may use NVIDIA driver release 418.40 (or later R418), 440.33 (or later R440), 450.51 (or later R450), or 460.27 (or later R460). The CUDA driver's compatibility package only supports particular drivers. For a complete list of supported drivers, see the CUDA Application Compatibility topic. For more information, see CUDA Compatibility and Upgrades.

New Features

The key features of DLProf v1.4.0 / r21.08 are:
  • Released in the TensorFlow 1.x 21.08, TensorFlow 2.x 21.08 and PyTorch 21.08 NGC container.
  • Multi-GPU calculation and reporting enhancement.
  • Added parameters and output shapes into the iteration report for GEMM and CONV operations.

Known Issues

  • This software is only supported for TensorFlow 1.15.5, TensorFlow 2.5.0, PyTorch 1.10, and TensorRT 8.0.

Resolved Issues

  • None.