feat: updating code for release v0.16.0

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v0.16.0-beta

Release Highlights

CV-CUDA v0.16.0 includes the following changes:​

• New Features and Enhancements:​

  • Added support for Python 3.14​, CUDA 13, GCC-12 to GCC-14 and Blackwell GPU architecture, including Jetson Thor

  • Improved documentation, :doc:samples <../samples> and :doc:framework interoperability <../interoperability> examples

  • Added new multi-architecture (x86_64, aarch64) Docker images for building (ManyLinux-based) and developing CV-CUDA (Ubuntu-based)

  • Improved Python wheels generation and packaging​

• Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed Coverity security findings​

• Deprecated Features:

  • Dropped official support for CUDA 11

  • Dropped official support for CUDA Compute Capability SM7 (Volta architecture)

  • Dropped official support for Ubuntu 20.04

  • Dropped official support for Python 3.8

Compatibility and Known Limitations

For the full list, see main README on CV-CUDA GitHub <https://github.com/CVCUDA/CV-CUDA>_.

License

CV-CUDA is licensed under the Apache 2.0 <https://github.com/CVCUDA/CV-CUDA/blob/main/LICENSE.md>_ license.

Resources

1. CV-CUDA GitHub <https://github.com/CVCUDA/CV-CUDA>_
2. Optimizing Microsoft Bing Visual Search with NVIDIA Accelerated Libraries <https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/optimizing-microsoft-bing-visual-search-with-nvidia-accelerated-libraries/>_
3. Accelerating AI Pipelines: Boosting Visual Search Efficiency <https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/on-demand/session/gtc25-s71676/>_
4. Optimize Short-Form Video Processing Toward the Speed of Light <https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/on-demand/session/gtc25-s73178/>_
5. CV-CUDA Increasing Throughput and Reducing Costs for AI-Based Computer Vision with CV-CUDA <https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/increasing-throughput-and-reducing-costs-for-computer-vision-with-cv-cuda/>_
6. NVIDIA Announces Microsoft, Tencent, Baidu Adopting CV-CUDA for Computer Vision AI <https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2023/03/21/cv-cuda-ai-computer-vision/>_
7. CV-CUDA helps Tencent Cloud audio and video PaaS platform achieve full-process GPU acceleration for video enhancement AI <https://developer.nvidia.com/zh-cn/blog/cv-cuda-high-performance-image-processing/>_

Acknowledgements

CV-CUDA originated as a collaborative effort between NVIDIA and the ByteDance Machine Learning team.