NVIDIA and DataPolars Launch Polars GPU Engine in Open Beta with x13 Performance Boost

Sep 17, 2024, 02:36 PM

NVIDIA and DataPolars have announced the integration of GPU acceleration into the Polars data processing engine, leveraging NVIDIA's RAPIDS technology. This collaboration allows users to process hundreds of millions of rows in seconds, significantly enhancing performance for large-scale data analytics. The Polars GPU Engine, powered by RAPIDS cuDF, is now available in open beta. This development is expected to address memory issues and improve scalability for data scientists working with extensive datasets, with performance improvements of up to x13.