How to pronounce cutlass
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cutlass is most commonly pronounced "kut luhs" (/ˈkʌtləs/). This is the widely-used reading among engineers, though edge cases exist.
NVIDIA's CUDA C++ GEMM/linear-algebra template library; kernel backend behind vLLM, FlashInfer, and many 2025 LLM-serving stacks. The name is an acronym (CUDA Templates for Linear Algebra Subroutines and Solvers) deliberately landing on the sword 'cutlass' — say it exactly like that word. STRESS first syllable: KUT-luhs. NOT 'CUDA-lass' or 'cut-LASS'. Dictionary IPA /ˈkʌtləs/ (Oxford/Cambridge/Collins, same in BrE and AmE).
Source: NVIDIA/cutlass GitHub repo
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