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 "generated": "2026-10-26",
 "repo": "JustAResearcher/gpu-unlock-ada",
 "name": "gpu-unlock-ada",
 "owner": "JustAResearcher",
 "slug": "justaresearcher-gpu-unlock-ada",
 "github": "https://github.com/JustAResearcher/gpu-unlock-ada",
 "what": "GPU Unlock for Ada is a Linux kernel module that runs at boot, before the stock NVIDIA driver loads, and switches supported RTX 40 cards to full-rate FP16 and BF16 tensor math with FP32 accumulation. The authors measured about 2x in instruction benchmarks on an RTX 4090 (165 to 331 TFLOPS) and smaller gains in real GEMM workloads.",
 "why": "802 stars, launched 3 days ago, talked about in 2 AI sources we track",
 "language": "C",
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  "A Linux machine you fully control, with a spare stock boot entry to fall back to",
  "RTX 4090 (10de:2684); RTX 4070 Ti SUPER (10de:2705) and RTX 4060 Ti 16GB (10de:2805) are experimental and validated on one card each",
  "Kernel headers and a working DKMS toolchain, with CONFIG_CRYPTO_LIB_SHA256 in the kernel",
  "The stock NVIDIA driver",
  "Secure Boot turned off, or the out-of-tree module signed with your own key",
  "Your own stock benchmark numbers taken before you enable it"
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 "risk": "sensitive",
 "section": "earlier",
 "weekly_rank": null,
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/justaresearcher-gpu-unlock-ada/",
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  {
   "id": "justaresearcher-gpu-unlock-ada--unlock-full-rate-fp16-bf16-on-rtx-4090",
   "title": "Unlock full-rate FP16 and BF16 tensor math on an RTX 4090",
   "best": true,
   "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/justaresearcher-gpu-unlock-ada/unlock-full-rate-fp16-bf16-on-rtx-4090/",
   "json": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/u/justaresearcher-gpu-unlock-ada/unlock-full-rate-fp16-bf16-on-rtx-4090.json"
  },
  {
   "id": "justaresearcher-gpu-unlock-ada--benchmark-stock-vs-unlocked-tensor-throughput",
   "title": "Benchmark stock vs unlocked tensor throughput",
   "best": false,
   "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/justaresearcher-gpu-unlock-ada/benchmark-stock-vs-unlocked-tensor-throughput/",
   "json": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/u/justaresearcher-gpu-unlock-ada/benchmark-stock-vs-unlocked-tensor-throughput.json"
  },
  {
   "id": "justaresearcher-gpu-unlock-ada--test-experimental-rtx-4070-ti-super-4060-ti-unlock",
   "title": "Test the experimental RTX 4070 Ti SUPER or 4060 Ti path",
   "best": false,
   "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/justaresearcher-gpu-unlock-ada/test-experimental-rtx-4070-ti-super-4060-ti-unlock/",
   "json": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/u/justaresearcher-gpu-unlock-ada/test-experimental-rtx-4070-ti-super-4060-ti-unlock.json"
  }
 ],
 "disclaimer": "Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk."
}