0.45.1

Overview

This is a patch release containing compatibility fixes.

Highlights

• Compatibility for triton>=3.2.0
• Moved package configuration to pyproject.toml
• Build system: initial support for NVIDIA Blackwell B100 GPUs, RTX 50 Blackwell series GPUs and Jetson Thor Blackwell.
  • Note: Binaries built for these platforms are not included in this release. They will be included in future releases upon the availability of the upcoming CUDA Toolkit 12.7 and 12.8.
• Packaging: wheels will no longer include unit tests. (#1478)
• Sets the minimum PyTorch version to 2.0.0.

What's Changed

• Add installation doc for bnb on Ascend NPU by @ji-huazhong in #1442
• (chore) Remove unused dotfiles by @matthewdouglas in #1445
• Remove triton.ops, copy necessary bits here by @bertmaher in #1413
• chore: migrate config files to pyproject.toml by @SauravMaheshkar in #1373
• cleanup: remove unused kernels/C++ code by @matthewdouglas in #1458
• (Deps) Require torch 2.x and minor updates by @matthewdouglas in #1459
• FSDP-QLoRA doc updates for TRL integration by @blbadger in #1471
• Initial support blackwell by @johnnynunez in #1481
• (build) include Ada/Hopper targets in cu118 build by @matthewdouglas in #1487
• Exclude tests from distribution by @akx in #1486

New Contributors

• @bertmaher made their first contribution in #1413
• @SauravMaheshkar made their first contribution in #1373
• @blbadger made their first contribution in #1471
• @johnnynunez made their first contribution in #1481

Full Changelog: 0.45.0...0.45.1