--- title: Advancing GPU Programming with the CUDA Tile IR Backend... description: NVIDIA is integrating CUDA Tile as a backend for OpenAI Triton, enabling developers to compile Triton kernels to CUDA Tile IR instead of PTX. CUDA Tile,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/advancing-gpu-programming-with-the-cuda-tile-ir-backend-for-openai-triton-tdsxd1o1u twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Advancing GPU Programming with the CUDA Tile IR Backend for OpenAI Triton | daily.dev og:description: NVIDIA is integrating CUDA Tile as a backend for OpenAI Triton, enabling developers to compile Triton kernels to CUDA Tile IR instead of PTX. CUDA Tile,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/advancing-gpu-programming-with-the-cuda-tile-ir-backend-for-openai-triton-tdsxd1o1u og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TDsXd1o1U.png og:image:alt: Advancing GPU Programming with the CUDA Tile IR Backend for OpenAI Triton og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Advancing GPU Programming with the CUDA Tile IR Backend for OpenAI Triton **[NVIDIA Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/nvidiadev)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary NVIDIA is integrating CUDA Tile as a backend for OpenAI Triton, enabling developers to compile Triton kernels to CUDA Tile IR instead of PTX. CUDA Tile, introduced in CUDA 13.1, shifts GPU programming from thread-level SIMT to tile-based abstractions, reducing complexity while enabling compiler optimizations. The Triton-to-TileIR bridge preserves tile-level semantics and provides native Tensor Core support with architectural portability. Currently in active development as an incubator project, it requires CUDA 13.1+ and Blackwell GPUs, with source-based compilation only. Known limitations include unsupported operations and suboptimal tensor-of-pointer performance, which can be addressed by adopting TMA load/store APIs. Users can switch backends via environment variables without code rewrites. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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