GPT-2 Scale Transformer Built From Scratch in Pure C and CUDA
June 28, 2026
NanoEuler is a GPT-2 scale language model implemented in pure C and CUDA from scratch, aimed at understanding low-level parameter-to-data correlations and GPU layer optimization without framework abstractions.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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researcherUseful as a reference implementation for studying raw CUDA kernel behavior and parameter scaling without PyTorch overhead, though no benchmark numbers are provided.