Making CUDA Checkpointing 15x and gVisor 2x Faster on a B300: A Worklog

· Henry Zhu · Oct. 29, 2026, 2:13 p.m.
Summary
This blog post details efforts to optimize CUDA checkpointing processes to achieve a 15x speed increase on a B300 GPU and a 2x speed increase with gVisor. The authors explore various hardware and configuration challenges, share empirical results from experiments, and discuss the impact of optimizing techniques like CLI reuse and memory preallocation on performance.
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