From f753e86e7ac74fa90aa410da7f16a64e5245f8ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Armstrong <roarmstrong@nvidia.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 09:55:07 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update all samples to build position-independent code

---
 CMakeLists.txt                                       |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/CMakeLists.txt                |  2 ++
 .../UnifiedMemoryStreams/CMakeLists.txt              |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/asyncAPI/CMakeLists.txt       |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/clock/CMakeLists.txt          |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/clock_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/cudaOpenMP/CMakeLists.txt     |  2 ++
 .../0_Introduction/fp16ScalarProduct/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMul/CMakeLists.txt      |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMulDrv/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 .../matrixMulDynlinkJIT/CMakeLists.txt               |  2 ++
 .../0_Introduction/matrixMul_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/mergeSort/CMakeLists.txt      |  2 ++
 .../0_Introduction/simpleAWBarrier/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAssert/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 .../0_Introduction/simpleAssert_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt |  2 ++
 .../simpleAtomicIntrinsics/CMakeLists.txt            |  2 ++
 .../simpleAtomicIntrinsics_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt      |  2 ++
 .../0_Introduction/simpleAttributes/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCUDA2GL/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCallback/CMakeLists.txt |  2 ++
 .../simpleCooperativeGroups/CMakeLists.txt           |  2 ++
 .../simpleCubemapTexture/CMakeLists.txt              |  2 ++
 .../0_Introduction/simpleDrvRuntime/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/simpleHyperQ/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/simpleIPC/CMakeLists.txt      |  2 ++
 .../simpleLayeredTexture/CMakeLists.txt              |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/simpleMPI/CMakeLists.txt      |  2 ++
 .../0_Introduction/simpleMultiCopy/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/simpleMultiGPU/CMakeLists.txt |  2 ++
 .../0_Introduction/simpleOccupancy/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/simpleP2P/CMakeLists.txt      |  2 ++
 .../simplePitchLinearTexture/CMakeLists.txt          |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/simplePrintf/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/simpleStreams/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 .../0_Introduction/simpleSurfaceWrite/CMakeLists.txt |  2 ++
 .../0_Introduction/simpleTemplates/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTexture/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 .../0_Introduction/simpleTexture3D/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 .../0_Introduction/simpleTextureDrv/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 .../simpleVoteIntrinsics/CMakeLists.txt              |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/simpleZeroCopy/CMakeLists.txt |  2 ++
 .../0_Introduction/systemWideAtomics/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/template/CMakeLists.txt       |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAdd/CMakeLists.txt      |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAddDrv/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAddMMAP/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 .../0_Introduction/vectorAdd_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 Samples/1_Utilities/bandwidthTest/CMakeLists.txt     |  2 ++
 Samples/1_Utilities/deviceQuery/CMakeLists.txt       |  2 ++
 Samples/1_Utilities/deviceQueryDrv/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 Samples/1_Utilities/topologyQuery/CMakeLists.txt     |  2 ++
 .../EGLStream_CUDA_CrossGPU/CMakeLists.txt           |  2 ++
 .../EGLStream_CUDA_Interop/CMakeLists.txt            |  4 +++-
 .../EGLSync_CUDAEvent_Interop/CMakeLists.txt         |  2 ++
 .../FunctionPointers/CMakeLists.txt                  |  2 ++
 .../MC_EstimatePiInlineP/CMakeLists.txt              |  2 ++
 .../MC_EstimatePiInlineQ/CMakeLists.txt              |  2 ++
 .../MC_EstimatePiP/CMakeLists.txt                    |  2 ++
 .../MC_EstimatePiQ/CMakeLists.txt                    |  2 ++
 .../MC_SingleAsianOptionP/CMakeLists.txt             |  2 ++
 .../boxFilter/CMakeLists.txt                         |  2 ++
 .../convolutionSeparable/CMakeLists.txt              |  2 ++
 .../convolutionTexture/CMakeLists.txt                |  2 ++
 .../2_Concepts_and_Techniques/dct8x8/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 .../eigenvalues/CMakeLists.txt                       |  2 ++
 .../histogram/CMakeLists.txt                         |  2 ++
 .../imageDenoising/CMakeLists.txt                    |  2 ++
 .../inlinePTX/CMakeLists.txt                         |  2 ++
 .../inlinePTX_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt                   |  2 ++
 .../interval/CMakeLists.txt                          |  2 ++
 .../particles/CMakeLists.txt                         |  2 ++
 .../radixSortThrust/CMakeLists.txt                   |  2 ++
 .../reduction/CMakeLists.txt                         |  2 ++
 .../reductionMultiBlockCG/CMakeLists.txt             |  2 ++
 .../scalarProd/CMakeLists.txt                        |  2 ++
 .../2_Concepts_and_Techniques/scan/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 .../segmentationTreeThrust/CMakeLists.txt            |  2 ++
 .../shfl_scan/CMakeLists.txt                         |  2 ++
 .../sortingNetworks/CMakeLists.txt                   |  2 ++
 .../streamOrderedAllocation/CMakeLists.txt           |  2 ++
 .../streamOrderedAllocationIPC/CMakeLists.txt        |  3 ++-
 .../streamOrderedAllocationP2P/CMakeLists.txt        |  2 ++
 .../threadFenceReduction/CMakeLists.txt              |  2 ++
 .../threadMigration/CMakeLists.txt                   |  2 ++
 .../3_CUDA_Features/StreamPriorities/CMakeLists.txt  |  4 ++--
 .../bf16TensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt                |  2 ++
 .../3_CUDA_Features/binaryPartitionCG/CMakeLists.txt |  2 ++
 .../3_CUDA_Features/bindlessTexture/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 .../cdpAdvancedQuicksort/CMakeLists.txt              |  2 ++
 .../cdpBezierTessellation/CMakeLists.txt             |  2 ++
 Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpQuadtree/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 .../3_CUDA_Features/cdpSimplePrint/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 .../cdpSimpleQuicksort/CMakeLists.txt                |  2 ++
 .../cudaCompressibleMemory/CMakeLists.txt            |  2 ++
 .../cudaTensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt                |  2 ++
 .../dmmaTensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt                |  2 ++
 .../globalToShmemAsyncCopy/CMakeLists.txt            |  2 ++
 .../graphConditionalNodes/CMakeLists.txt             |  2 ++
 .../graphMemoryFootprint/CMakeLists.txt              |  2 ++
 .../3_CUDA_Features/graphMemoryNodes/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 .../immaTensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt                |  2 ++
 .../3_CUDA_Features/jacobiCudaGraphs/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 Samples/3_CUDA_Features/memMapIPCDrv/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 Samples/3_CUDA_Features/newdelete/CMakeLists.txt     |  2 ++
 Samples/3_CUDA_Features/ptxjit/CMakeLists.txt        |  2 ++
 .../3_CUDA_Features/simpleCudaGraphs/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 .../tf32TensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt                |  2 ++
 .../warpAggregatedAtomicsCG/CMakeLists.txt           |  2 ++
 .../FilterBorderControlNPP/CMakeLists.txt            |  2 ++
 .../MersenneTwisterGP11213/CMakeLists.txt            |  2 ++
 Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/batchCUBLAS/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/boxFilterNPP/CMakeLists.txt |  2 ++
 .../cannyEdgeDetectorNPP/CMakeLists.txt              |  2 ++
 .../conjugateGradient/CMakeLists.txt                 |  2 ++
 .../conjugateGradientCudaGraphs/CMakeLists.txt       |  2 ++
 .../conjugateGradientMultiBlockCG/CMakeLists.txt     |  2 ++
 .../conjugateGradientMultiDeviceCG/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 .../conjugateGradientPrecond/CMakeLists.txt          |  2 ++
 .../conjugateGradientUM/CMakeLists.txt               |  2 ++
 .../cuSolverDn_LinearSolver/CMakeLists.txt           |  3 ++-
 Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverRf/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 .../cuSolverSp_LinearSolver/CMakeLists.txt           |  2 ++
 .../cuSolverSp_LowlevelCholesky/CMakeLists.txt       |  2 ++
 .../cuSolverSp_LowlevelQR/CMakeLists.txt             |  2 ++
 .../freeImageInteropNPP/CMakeLists.txt               |  2 ++
 .../histEqualizationNPP/CMakeLists.txt               |  2 ++
 Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/jitLto/CMakeLists.txt       |  4 +++-
 Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/lineOfSight/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 .../4_CUDA_Libraries/matrixMulCUBLAS/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/nvJPEG/CMakeLists.txt       |  2 ++
 .../4_CUDA_Libraries/nvJPEG_encoder/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/oceanFFT/CMakeLists.txt     |  2 ++
 Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/randomFog/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUBLAS/CMakeLists.txt |  2 ++
 .../4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUBLASXT/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 .../4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUBLAS_LU/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 .../simpleCUFFT_2d_MGPU/CMakeLists.txt               |  2 ++
 .../4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT_MGPU/CMakeLists.txt |  2 ++
 .../simpleCUFFT_callback/CMakeLists.txt              |  4 +++-
 .../watershedSegmentationNPP/CMakeLists.txt          |  2 ++
 .../5_Domain_Specific/BlackScholes/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 .../BlackScholes_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt                |  2 ++
 Samples/5_Domain_Specific/FDTD3d/CMakeLists.txt      |  2 ++
 .../5_Domain_Specific/HSOpticalFlow/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 Samples/5_Domain_Specific/Mandelbrot/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 .../MonteCarloMultiGPU/CMakeLists.txt                |  2 ++
 .../NV12toBGRandResize/CMakeLists.txt                |  2 ++
 Samples/5_Domain_Specific/SobelFilter/CMakeLists.txt |  2 ++
 Samples/5_Domain_Specific/SobolQRNG/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 .../5_Domain_Specific/bicubicTexture/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 .../5_Domain_Specific/bilateralFilter/CMakeLists.txt |  2 ++
 .../5_Domain_Specific/binomialOptions/CMakeLists.txt |  2 ++
 .../binomialOptions_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt             |  2 ++
 .../convolutionFFT2D/CMakeLists.txt                  |  2 ++
 Samples/5_Domain_Specific/dwtHaar1D/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 Samples/5_Domain_Specific/dxtc/CMakeLists.txt        |  2 ++
 .../fastWalshTransform/CMakeLists.txt                |  2 ++
 Samples/5_Domain_Specific/fluidsGL/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 .../5_Domain_Specific/marchingCubes/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 Samples/5_Domain_Specific/nbody/CMakeLists.txt       |  2 ++
 .../p2pBandwidthLatencyTest/CMakeLists.txt           |  2 ++
 .../5_Domain_Specific/postProcessGL/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 .../quasirandomGenerator/CMakeLists.txt              |  2 ++
 .../quasirandomGenerator_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt        |  2 ++
 .../recursiveGaussian/CMakeLists.txt                 |  2 ++
 Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleD3D11/CMakeLists.txt | 12 +++++++-----
 .../simpleD3D11Texture/CMakeLists.txt                |  8 +++++---
 Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleD3D12/CMakeLists.txt |  6 ++++--
 Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleGL/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 .../5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkan/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 .../simpleVulkanMMAP/CMakeLists.txt                  |  2 ++
 .../5_Domain_Specific/smokeParticles/CMakeLists.txt  |  2 ++
 .../5_Domain_Specific/stereoDisparity/CMakeLists.txt |  2 ++
 .../5_Domain_Specific/volumeFiltering/CMakeLists.txt |  2 ++
 .../5_Domain_Specific/volumeRender/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 .../5_Domain_Specific/vulkanImageCUDA/CMakeLists.txt |  2 ++
 .../LargeKernelParameter/CMakeLists.txt              |  2 ++
 .../6_Performance/UnifiedMemoryPerf/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 Samples/6_Performance/alignedTypes/CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 .../cudaGraphsPerfScaling/CMakeLists.txt             |  2 ++
 Samples/6_Performance/transpose/CMakeLists.txt       |  2 ++
 Samples/7_libNVVM/CMakeLists.txt                     |  2 ++
 .../Tegra/cuDLAErrorReporting/CMakeLists.txt         |  2 ++
 .../Tegra/cuDLAHybridMode/CMakeLists.txt             |  2 ++
 .../Tegra/cuDLALayerwiseStatsHybrid/CMakeLists.txt   |  2 ++
 .../cuDLALayerwiseStatsStandalone/CMakeLists.txt     |  2 ++
 .../Tegra/cuDLAStandaloneMode/CMakeLists.txt         |  2 ++
 .../Tegra/cudaNvSci/CMakeLists.txt                   |  4 +++-
 .../Tegra/cudaNvSciNvMedia/CMakeLists.txt            | 11 +++++++++++
 .../Tegra/fluidsGLES/CMakeLists.txt                  |  2 ++
 .../Tegra/nbody_opengles/CMakeLists.txt              |  2 ++
 .../Tegra/nbody_screen/CMakeLists.txt                |  2 ++
 .../Tegra/simpleGLES/CMakeLists.txt                  |  2 ++
 .../Tegra/simpleGLES_EGLOutput/CMakeLists.txt        |  4 +++-
 .../Tegra/simpleGLES_screen/CMakeLists.txt           |  2 ++
 197 files changed, 418 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cudaNvSciNvMedia/CMakeLists.txt

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ab566ef..9eeed5cf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cuda-samples LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/CMakeLists.txt
index 54cbf146..b88d200d 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleCallback LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/UnifiedMemoryStreams/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/UnifiedMemoryStreams/CMakeLists.txt
index a943b514..14c2f604 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/UnifiedMemoryStreams/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/UnifiedMemoryStreams/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(UnifiedMemoryStreams LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/asyncAPI/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/asyncAPI/CMakeLists.txt
index da64db72..17661672 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/asyncAPI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/asyncAPI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(asyncAPI LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/clock/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/clock/CMakeLists.txt
index a39f7ede..b7f69f78 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/clock/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/clock/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(clock LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/clock_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/clock_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
index e7895eec..462ee517 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/clock_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/clock_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(clock_nvrtc LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/cudaOpenMP/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/cudaOpenMP/CMakeLists.txt
index b0ceec52..3f1f5281 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/cudaOpenMP/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/cudaOpenMP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cudaOpenMP LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/fp16ScalarProduct/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/fp16ScalarProduct/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d38f3ff..7988f640 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/fp16ScalarProduct/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/fp16ScalarProduct/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(fp16ScalarProduct LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMul/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMul/CMakeLists.txt
index 123bb9aa..63e0ecfd 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMul/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMul/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(matrixMul LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMulDrv/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMulDrv/CMakeLists.txt
index 00846529..81550821 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMulDrv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMulDrv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(matrixMulDrv LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMulDynlinkJIT/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMulDynlinkJIT/CMakeLists.txt
index bd493aa6..d90debf7 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMulDynlinkJIT/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMulDynlinkJIT/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(matrixMulDynlinkJIT LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMul_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMul_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
index 5fa3734b..0bf75d77 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMul_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/matrixMul_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(matrixMul_nvrtc LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/mergeSort/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/mergeSort/CMakeLists.txt
index 10da4247..7b7860cc 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/mergeSort/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/mergeSort/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(mergeSort LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAWBarrier/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAWBarrier/CMakeLists.txt
index 36dc985e..38f3c4f6 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAWBarrier/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAWBarrier/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleAWBarrier LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAssert/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAssert/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b563d51..56dd02de 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAssert/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAssert/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleAssert LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAssert_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAssert_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
index b3232155..64ed629a 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAssert_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAssert_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleAssert_nvrtc LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAtomicIntrinsics/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAtomicIntrinsics/CMakeLists.txt
index 956d9808..6dac5361 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAtomicIntrinsics/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAtomicIntrinsics/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleAtomicIntrinsics LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAtomicIntrinsics_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAtomicIntrinsics_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
index 63272fc3..2e67d5b0 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAtomicIntrinsics_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAtomicIntrinsics_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleAtomicIntrinsics_nvrtc LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAttributes/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAttributes/CMakeLists.txt
index 36d136ba..a291a6de 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAttributes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleAttributes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleAttributes LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCUDA2GL/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCUDA2GL/CMakeLists.txt
index 85929564..48de47c8 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCUDA2GL/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCUDA2GL/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleCUDA2GL LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCallback/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCallback/CMakeLists.txt
index 262353a9..8bdaaaab 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCallback/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCallback/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleCallback LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCooperativeGroups/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCooperativeGroups/CMakeLists.txt
index 4da341e6..4609904b 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCooperativeGroups/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCooperativeGroups/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleCooperativeGroups LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCubemapTexture/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCubemapTexture/CMakeLists.txt
index 72a04467..ba6861b2 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCubemapTexture/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleCubemapTexture/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleCubemapTexture LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleDrvRuntime/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleDrvRuntime/CMakeLists.txt
index cc183673..1623a651 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleDrvRuntime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleDrvRuntime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleDrvRuntime LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleHyperQ/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleHyperQ/CMakeLists.txt
index 9966979a..1249472f 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleHyperQ/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleHyperQ/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleHyperQ LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleIPC/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleIPC/CMakeLists.txt
index 546de001..a2ff9058 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleIPC/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleIPC/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleIPC LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleLayeredTexture/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleLayeredTexture/CMakeLists.txt
index 0416fd60..fd2eb16d 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleLayeredTexture/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleLayeredTexture/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleLayeredTexture LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleMPI/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleMPI/CMakeLists.txt
index f7c07ac4..863c83ff 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleMPI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleMPI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleMPI LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleMultiCopy/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleMultiCopy/CMakeLists.txt
index ea479d3f..ae990819 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleMultiCopy/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleMultiCopy/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleMultiCopy LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleMultiGPU/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleMultiGPU/CMakeLists.txt
index dfabe4ba..3e38709d 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleMultiGPU/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleMultiGPU/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleMultiGPU LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleOccupancy/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleOccupancy/CMakeLists.txt
index 395a0c2e..a7322acf 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleOccupancy/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleOccupancy/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleOccupancy LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleP2P/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleP2P/CMakeLists.txt
index 767c353b..892bb9fc 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleP2P/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleP2P/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleP2P LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simplePitchLinearTexture/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simplePitchLinearTexture/CMakeLists.txt
index 582615e7..a085f890 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simplePitchLinearTexture/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simplePitchLinearTexture/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simplePitchLinearTexture LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simplePrintf/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simplePrintf/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d1ddf47..b18ee053 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simplePrintf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simplePrintf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simplePrintf LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleStreams/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleStreams/CMakeLists.txt
index 413e7fde..7427f8eb 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleStreams/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleStreams/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleStreams LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleSurfaceWrite/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleSurfaceWrite/CMakeLists.txt
index 5aadcf15..ecc402a1 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleSurfaceWrite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleSurfaceWrite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleSurfaceWrite LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTemplates/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTemplates/CMakeLists.txt
index bc22b4c8..7dba7673 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTemplates/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTemplates/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleTemplates LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTexture/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTexture/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b9f66b0..ebf6a08c 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTexture/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTexture/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleTexture LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTexture3D/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTexture3D/CMakeLists.txt
index ebe62e8d..a275801c 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTexture3D/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTexture3D/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleTexture3D LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTextureDrv/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTextureDrv/CMakeLists.txt
index 64a60905..a76c7fd0 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTextureDrv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleTextureDrv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleTextureDrv LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleVoteIntrinsics/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleVoteIntrinsics/CMakeLists.txt
index 4842510c..8f06eb05 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleVoteIntrinsics/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleVoteIntrinsics/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleVoteIntrinsics LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleZeroCopy/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleZeroCopy/CMakeLists.txt
index fb181bc5..a3049f11 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleZeroCopy/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/simpleZeroCopy/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleZeroCopy LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/systemWideAtomics/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/systemWideAtomics/CMakeLists.txt
index da4e588a..22b34592 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/systemWideAtomics/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/systemWideAtomics/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(systemWideAtomics LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/template/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/template/CMakeLists.txt
index 14184e65..eccbd004 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/template/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/template/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(template LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAdd/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAdd/CMakeLists.txt
index 4bf61114..fff3a8d2 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAdd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAdd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(vectorAdd LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAddDrv/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAddDrv/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ad48df5..360946f9 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAddDrv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAddDrv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(vectorAddDrv LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAddMMAP/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAddMMAP/CMakeLists.txt
index b4748485..e618ca59 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAddMMAP/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAddMMAP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(vectorAddMMAP LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAdd_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAdd_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
index 7dfc851f..4b17cefc 100644
--- a/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAdd_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAdd_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(vectorAdd_nvrtc LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/1_Utilities/bandwidthTest/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/1_Utilities/bandwidthTest/CMakeLists.txt
index a9e71aff..26be4290 100644
--- a/Samples/1_Utilities/bandwidthTest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/1_Utilities/bandwidthTest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(bandwidthTest LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/1_Utilities/deviceQuery/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/1_Utilities/deviceQuery/CMakeLists.txt
index 5212a109..93a22cc8 100644
--- a/Samples/1_Utilities/deviceQuery/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/1_Utilities/deviceQuery/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(deviceQuery LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/1_Utilities/deviceQueryDrv/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/1_Utilities/deviceQueryDrv/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f6cc0d1..56fbc7d0 100644
--- a/Samples/1_Utilities/deviceQueryDrv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/1_Utilities/deviceQueryDrv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(deviceQueryDrv LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/1_Utilities/topologyQuery/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/1_Utilities/topologyQuery/CMakeLists.txt
index fd8bde0a..535496b9 100644
--- a/Samples/1_Utilities/topologyQuery/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/1_Utilities/topologyQuery/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(topologyQuery LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/EGLStream_CUDA_CrossGPU/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/EGLStream_CUDA_CrossGPU/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a36dbe0..28dab090 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/EGLStream_CUDA_CrossGPU/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/EGLStream_CUDA_CrossGPU/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(EGLStream_CUDA_CrossGPU LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/EGLStream_CUDA_Interop/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/EGLStream_CUDA_Interop/CMakeLists.txt
index dc204a7c..5134ed58 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/EGLStream_CUDA_Interop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/EGLStream_CUDA_Interop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(EGLStream_CUDA_Interop LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
@@ -43,4 +45,4 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
     endif()
 else()
     message(STATUS "Will not build sample EGLStream_CUDA_Interop - requires Linux OS")
-endif()
\ No newline at end of file
+endif()
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/EGLSync_CUDAEvent_Interop/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/EGLSync_CUDAEvent_Interop/CMakeLists.txt
index 45fcb294..a0539c15 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/EGLSync_CUDAEvent_Interop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/EGLSync_CUDAEvent_Interop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(EGLSync_CUDAEvent_Interop LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/FunctionPointers/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/FunctionPointers/CMakeLists.txt
index 2712c789..75cfa855 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/FunctionPointers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/FunctionPointers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(FunctionPointers LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiInlineP/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiInlineP/CMakeLists.txt
index 8977e019..06ced148 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiInlineP/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiInlineP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(MC_EstimatePiInlineP LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiInlineQ/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiInlineQ/CMakeLists.txt
index a13640de..bce39e6a 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiInlineQ/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiInlineQ/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(MC_EstimatePiInlineQ LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiP/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiP/CMakeLists.txt
index 61e9a54a..cfe70732 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiP/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(MC_EstimatePiP LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiQ/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiQ/CMakeLists.txt
index a50b7329..6fe51d0d 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiQ/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_EstimatePiQ/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(MC_EstimatePiQ LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_SingleAsianOptionP/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_SingleAsianOptionP/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ff638ed..a283d134 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_SingleAsianOptionP/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/MC_SingleAsianOptionP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(MC_SingleAsianOptionP LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/boxFilter/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/boxFilter/CMakeLists.txt
index 95fd56d9..d0d53faa 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/boxFilter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/boxFilter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(boxFilter LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/convolutionSeparable/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/convolutionSeparable/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ec516af..736e0501 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/convolutionSeparable/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/convolutionSeparable/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(convolutionSeparable LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/convolutionTexture/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/convolutionTexture/CMakeLists.txt
index a858b7f9..e4a7f2b6 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/convolutionTexture/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/convolutionTexture/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(convolutionTexture LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/dct8x8/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/dct8x8/CMakeLists.txt
index 670139e4..9df783fb 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/dct8x8/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/dct8x8/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(dct8x8 LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/eigenvalues/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/eigenvalues/CMakeLists.txt
index 8fb15d97..6d131ad1 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/eigenvalues/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/eigenvalues/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(eigenvalues LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/histogram/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/histogram/CMakeLists.txt
index f57d3447..b832ce5c 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/histogram/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/histogram/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(histogram LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/imageDenoising/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/imageDenoising/CMakeLists.txt
index fc90faa3..ba00217b 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/imageDenoising/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/imageDenoising/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(imageDenoising LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/inlinePTX/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/inlinePTX/CMakeLists.txt
index 45d05f09..79bc157c 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/inlinePTX/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/inlinePTX/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(inlinePTX LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/inlinePTX_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/inlinePTX_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
index fc97283d..2586ef2c 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/inlinePTX_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/inlinePTX_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(inlinePTX_nvrtc LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/interval/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/interval/CMakeLists.txt
index 44be75a7..c0430c36 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/interval/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/interval/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(interval LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/particles/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/particles/CMakeLists.txt
index 35815071..15874aca 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/particles/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/particles/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(particles LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/radixSortThrust/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/radixSortThrust/CMakeLists.txt
index d231e1fa..5ec0a781 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/radixSortThrust/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/radixSortThrust/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(radixSortThrust LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/reduction/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/reduction/CMakeLists.txt
index 3559386f..a7de0a47 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/reduction/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/reduction/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(reduction LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/reductionMultiBlockCG/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/reductionMultiBlockCG/CMakeLists.txt
index 26841ef6..e3f005b9 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/reductionMultiBlockCG/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/reductionMultiBlockCG/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(reductionMultiBlockCG LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/scalarProd/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/scalarProd/CMakeLists.txt
index 2faca346..89639920 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/scalarProd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/scalarProd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(scalarProd LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/scan/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/scan/CMakeLists.txt
index b98d5a30..5b141f2c 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/scan/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/scan/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(scan LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/segmentationTreeThrust/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/segmentationTreeThrust/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ea9205d..328921de 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/segmentationTreeThrust/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/segmentationTreeThrust/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(segmentationTreeThrust LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/shfl_scan/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/shfl_scan/CMakeLists.txt
index 8fdb9e6d..2d446c61 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/shfl_scan/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/shfl_scan/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(shfl_scan LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/sortingNetworks/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/sortingNetworks/CMakeLists.txt
index e33eccde..76b00bca 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/sortingNetworks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/sortingNetworks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(sortingNetworks LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/streamOrderedAllocation/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/streamOrderedAllocation/CMakeLists.txt
index cf29d9b6..e58d4959 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/streamOrderedAllocation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/streamOrderedAllocation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(streamOrderedAllocation LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/streamOrderedAllocationIPC/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/streamOrderedAllocationIPC/CMakeLists.txt
index 4d147b83..b0e2ae25 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/streamOrderedAllocationIPC/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/streamOrderedAllocationIPC/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(streamOrderedAllocationIPC LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
@@ -31,4 +33,3 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
 else()
     message(STATUS "Will not build sample streamOrderedAllocationIPC - requires Linux OS")
 endif()
-
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/streamOrderedAllocationP2P/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/streamOrderedAllocationP2P/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a30acd1..07ea6dc5 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/streamOrderedAllocationP2P/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/streamOrderedAllocationP2P/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(streamOrderedAllocationP2P LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/threadFenceReduction/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/threadFenceReduction/CMakeLists.txt
index d0efe2f5..e20e765a 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/threadFenceReduction/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/threadFenceReduction/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(threadFenceReduction LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/threadMigration/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/threadMigration/CMakeLists.txt
index b855fdc4..e40c7ee1 100644
--- a/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/threadMigration/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/2_Concepts_and_Techniques/threadMigration/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(threadMigration LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/StreamPriorities/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/StreamPriorities/CMakeLists.txt
index 70fb9de1..657146b4 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/StreamPriorities/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/StreamPriorities/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(StreamPriorities LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
@@ -27,5 +29,3 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
 else()
     message(STATUS "Will not build sample StreamPriorities - requires Linux OS")
 endif()
-
-
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/bf16TensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/bf16TensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt
index e4d970da..ca66278d 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/bf16TensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/bf16TensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(bf16TensorCoreGemm LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/binaryPartitionCG/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/binaryPartitionCG/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b406b53..b82f69dc 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/binaryPartitionCG/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/binaryPartitionCG/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(binaryPartitionCG LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/bindlessTexture/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/bindlessTexture/CMakeLists.txt
index 505a5097..b54703d9 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/bindlessTexture/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/bindlessTexture/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(bindlessTexture LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpAdvancedQuicksort/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpAdvancedQuicksort/CMakeLists.txt
index 8cf8eee7..1690b97d 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpAdvancedQuicksort/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpAdvancedQuicksort/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cdpAdvancedQuicksort LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpBezierTessellation/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpBezierTessellation/CMakeLists.txt
index c2d4cedb..b71b891c 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpBezierTessellation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpBezierTessellation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cdpBezierTessellation LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpQuadtree/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpQuadtree/CMakeLists.txt
index e93e86ab..6ecee6d3 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpQuadtree/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpQuadtree/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cdpQuadtree LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpSimplePrint/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpSimplePrint/CMakeLists.txt
index 40dd9cd8..be75ec3f 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpSimplePrint/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpSimplePrint/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cdpSimplePrint LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpSimpleQuicksort/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpSimpleQuicksort/CMakeLists.txt
index f6835ba0..28a7615e 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpSimpleQuicksort/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cdpSimpleQuicksort/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cdpSimpleQuicksort LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cudaCompressibleMemory/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cudaCompressibleMemory/CMakeLists.txt
index b623bd0d..f36771c8 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cudaCompressibleMemory/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cudaCompressibleMemory/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cudaCompressibleMemory LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cudaTensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cudaTensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt
index 623a011f..53d5e3d9 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cudaTensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/cudaTensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cudaTensorCoreGemm LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/dmmaTensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/dmmaTensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c412ec9..71a35045 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/dmmaTensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/dmmaTensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(dmmaTensorCoreGemm LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/globalToShmemAsyncCopy/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/globalToShmemAsyncCopy/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a9f6569..708246a8 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/globalToShmemAsyncCopy/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/globalToShmemAsyncCopy/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(globalToShmemAsyncCopy LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/graphConditionalNodes/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/graphConditionalNodes/CMakeLists.txt
index 046bf5c7..33562432 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/graphConditionalNodes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/graphConditionalNodes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(graphConditionalNodes LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/graphMemoryFootprint/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/graphMemoryFootprint/CMakeLists.txt
index 5738a4cc..dfd4a6c7 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/graphMemoryFootprint/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/graphMemoryFootprint/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(graphMemoryFootprint LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/graphMemoryNodes/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/graphMemoryNodes/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e654e5a..24f5a12a 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/graphMemoryNodes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/graphMemoryNodes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(graphMemoryNodes LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/immaTensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/immaTensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt
index d803371e..4913e71d 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/immaTensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/immaTensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(immaTensorCoreGemm LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 72 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/jacobiCudaGraphs/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/jacobiCudaGraphs/CMakeLists.txt
index c281ad01..bade2552 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/jacobiCudaGraphs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/jacobiCudaGraphs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(jacobiCudaGraphs LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/memMapIPCDrv/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/memMapIPCDrv/CMakeLists.txt
index b053a9d2..40890038 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/memMapIPCDrv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/memMapIPCDrv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(memMapIPCDrv LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/newdelete/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/newdelete/CMakeLists.txt
index 71abd986..25455e61 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/newdelete/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/newdelete/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(newdelete LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/ptxjit/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/ptxjit/CMakeLists.txt
index 7b8f8e68..dfd60c34 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/ptxjit/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/ptxjit/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(ptxjit LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/simpleCudaGraphs/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/simpleCudaGraphs/CMakeLists.txt
index e08f4fae..9052253c 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/simpleCudaGraphs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/simpleCudaGraphs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleCudaGraphs LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/tf32TensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/tf32TensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt
index 70c40b92..273ff10b 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/tf32TensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/tf32TensorCoreGemm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(tf32TensorCoreGemm LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/warpAggregatedAtomicsCG/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/warpAggregatedAtomicsCG/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d39570d..e58bff4a 100644
--- a/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/warpAggregatedAtomicsCG/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/3_CUDA_Features/warpAggregatedAtomicsCG/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(warpAggregatedAtomicsCG LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/FilterBorderControlNPP/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/FilterBorderControlNPP/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ec5da79..4e264e96 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/FilterBorderControlNPP/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/FilterBorderControlNPP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(FilterBorderControlNPP LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/MersenneTwisterGP11213/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/MersenneTwisterGP11213/CMakeLists.txt
index 87f17394..29caab4d 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/MersenneTwisterGP11213/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/MersenneTwisterGP11213/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(MersenneTwisterGP11213 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/batchCUBLAS/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/batchCUBLAS/CMakeLists.txt
index 692588c2..ee026040 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/batchCUBLAS/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/batchCUBLAS/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(batchCUBLAS LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/boxFilterNPP/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/boxFilterNPP/CMakeLists.txt
index 26df1aa3..5ba6d8d3 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/boxFilterNPP/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/boxFilterNPP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(boxFilterNPP LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cannyEdgeDetectorNPP/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cannyEdgeDetectorNPP/CMakeLists.txt
index 7167c0ad..7e90e22a 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cannyEdgeDetectorNPP/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cannyEdgeDetectorNPP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cannyEdgeDetectorNPP LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradient/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradient/CMakeLists.txt
index a6cdace2..9cf9f4a3 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradient/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradient/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(conjugateGradient LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientCudaGraphs/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientCudaGraphs/CMakeLists.txt
index befc3c47..b2901e55 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientCudaGraphs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientCudaGraphs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(conjugateGradientCudaGraphs LANGUAGES CUDA CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientMultiBlockCG/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientMultiBlockCG/CMakeLists.txt
index 06450089..e8c1da3b 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientMultiBlockCG/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientMultiBlockCG/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(conjugateGradientMultiBlockCG LANGUAGES CUDA CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientMultiDeviceCG/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientMultiDeviceCG/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f8c7d70..b63443f2 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientMultiDeviceCG/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientMultiDeviceCG/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(conjugateGradientMultiDeviceCG LANGUAGES CUDA CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientPrecond/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientPrecond/CMakeLists.txt
index f215c823..9ecf7aa2 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientPrecond/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientPrecond/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(conjugateGradientPrecond LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientUM/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientUM/CMakeLists.txt
index f6c6a9ee..5757a620 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientUM/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/conjugateGradientUM/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(conjugateGradientUM LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverDn_LinearSolver/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverDn_LinearSolver/CMakeLists.txt
index 91acf2b1..1644116a 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverDn_LinearSolver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverDn_LinearSolver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cuSolverDn_LinearSolver LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
@@ -45,4 +47,3 @@ add_custom_command(TARGET cuSolverDn_LinearSolver POST_BUILD
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lap3D_7pt_n20.mtx
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
 )
-
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverRf/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverRf/CMakeLists.txt
index 9fd599b4..ed779c36 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverRf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverRf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cuSolverRf LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverSp_LinearSolver/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverSp_LinearSolver/CMakeLists.txt
index 11556326..f3f528b8 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverSp_LinearSolver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverSp_LinearSolver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cuSolverSp_LinearSolver LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverSp_LowlevelCholesky/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverSp_LowlevelCholesky/CMakeLists.txt
index bfc77fa5..0712dcb0 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverSp_LowlevelCholesky/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverSp_LowlevelCholesky/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cuSolverSp_LowlevelCholesky LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverSp_LowlevelQR/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverSp_LowlevelQR/CMakeLists.txt
index 268d784a..c3b0e266 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverSp_LowlevelQR/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/cuSolverSp_LowlevelQR/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cuSolverSp_LowlevelQR LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/freeImageInteropNPP/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/freeImageInteropNPP/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ab59254..8c55f255 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/freeImageInteropNPP/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/freeImageInteropNPP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(freeImageInteropNPP LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/histEqualizationNPP/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/histEqualizationNPP/CMakeLists.txt
index d95af59d..aa4b68e7 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/histEqualizationNPP/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/histEqualizationNPP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(histEqualizationNPP LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/jitLto/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/jitLto/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f3bec5f..f60c33e5 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/jitLto/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/jitLto/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(jitLto LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
@@ -39,4 +41,4 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
     target_link_libraries(jitLto PRIVATE
         ${CUDAToolkit_LIBRARY_DIR}/libnvJitLink.so
     )
-endif()	
+endif()
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/lineOfSight/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/lineOfSight/CMakeLists.txt
index e8bb58e6..c26ffd7f 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/lineOfSight/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/lineOfSight/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(lineOfSight LANGUAGES CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/matrixMulCUBLAS/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/matrixMulCUBLAS/CMakeLists.txt
index 98d39ff2..626cddb2 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/matrixMulCUBLAS/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/matrixMulCUBLAS/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(matrixMulCUBLAS LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/nvJPEG/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/nvJPEG/CMakeLists.txt
index d36b6006..571baa0b 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/nvJPEG/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/nvJPEG/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(nvJPEG LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/nvJPEG_encoder/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/nvJPEG_encoder/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ff68146..3f1f1599 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/nvJPEG_encoder/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/nvJPEG_encoder/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(nvJPEG_encoder LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/oceanFFT/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/oceanFFT/CMakeLists.txt
index e5ec9a7c..87429448 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/oceanFFT/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/oceanFFT/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(oceanFFT LANGUAGES CUDA CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/randomFog/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/randomFog/CMakeLists.txt
index e10de371..5a474fed 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/randomFog/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/randomFog/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(randomFog LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUBLAS/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUBLAS/CMakeLists.txt
index 640cd8f6..c5b796ef 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUBLAS/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUBLAS/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleCUBLAS LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUBLASXT/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUBLASXT/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b1434b3..f1fa734b 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUBLASXT/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUBLASXT/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleCUBLASXT LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUBLAS_LU/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUBLAS_LU/CMakeLists.txt
index 688c0005..b7095b19 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUBLAS_LU/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUBLAS_LU/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleCUBLAS_LU LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ddc298b..716f4e39 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleCUFFT LANGUAGES CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT_2d_MGPU/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT_2d_MGPU/CMakeLists.txt
index 3fb505a2..ab3c319b 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT_2d_MGPU/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT_2d_MGPU/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleCUFFT_2d_MGPU LANGUAGES CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT_MGPU/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT_MGPU/CMakeLists.txt
index 4a0a379c..7598d29b 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT_MGPU/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT_MGPU/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleCUFFT_MGPU LANGUAGES CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT_callback/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT_callback/CMakeLists.txt
index d70ad84f..3bce4087 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT_callback/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/simpleCUFFT_callback/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleCUFFT_callback LANGUAGES CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
@@ -30,4 +32,4 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
     )
 else()
     message(STATUS "Will not build sample simpleCUFFT_callback - requires Linux OS")
-endif()
\ No newline at end of file
+endif()
diff --git a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/watershedSegmentationNPP/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/watershedSegmentationNPP/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f0984f6..80ebe576 100644
--- a/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/watershedSegmentationNPP/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/4_CUDA_Libraries/watershedSegmentationNPP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(watershedSegmentationNPP LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/BlackScholes/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/BlackScholes/CMakeLists.txt
index d4008935..22ea3788 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/BlackScholes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/BlackScholes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(BlackScholes LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/BlackScholes_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/BlackScholes_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
index 2438fdc8..1eb5b374 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/BlackScholes_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/BlackScholes_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(BlackScholes_nvrtc LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/FDTD3d/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/FDTD3d/CMakeLists.txt
index 3d2e777e..121da282 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/FDTD3d/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/FDTD3d/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(FDTD3d LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/HSOpticalFlow/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/HSOpticalFlow/CMakeLists.txt
index 40ca0ccb..0e72c123 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/HSOpticalFlow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/HSOpticalFlow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(HSOpticalFlow LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/Mandelbrot/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/Mandelbrot/CMakeLists.txt
index a6ad16e6..8510470f 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/Mandelbrot/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/Mandelbrot/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(Mandelbrot LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/MonteCarloMultiGPU/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/MonteCarloMultiGPU/CMakeLists.txt
index 994e6c41..317191ec 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/MonteCarloMultiGPU/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/MonteCarloMultiGPU/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(MonteCarloMultiGPU LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/NV12toBGRandResize/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/NV12toBGRandResize/CMakeLists.txt
index 49e251f4..a1aada10 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/NV12toBGRandResize/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/NV12toBGRandResize/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(NV12toBGRandResize LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/SobelFilter/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/SobelFilter/CMakeLists.txt
index cdc705ae..741da416 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/SobelFilter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/SobelFilter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(SobelFilter LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/SobolQRNG/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/SobolQRNG/CMakeLists.txt
index dbba506c..b84accfb 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/SobolQRNG/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/SobolQRNG/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(SobolQRNG LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/bicubicTexture/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/bicubicTexture/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e61198e..69fb1dc3 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/bicubicTexture/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/bicubicTexture/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(bicubicTexture LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/bilateralFilter/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/bilateralFilter/CMakeLists.txt
index c48c667c..df5cb726 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/bilateralFilter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/bilateralFilter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(bilateralFilter LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/binomialOptions/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/binomialOptions/CMakeLists.txt
index e3a47921..c43be87a 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/binomialOptions/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/binomialOptions/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(binomialOptions LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/binomialOptions_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/binomialOptions_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
index b70765f5..f2ceecc8 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/binomialOptions_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/binomialOptions_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(binomialOptions_nvrtc LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/convolutionFFT2D/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/convolutionFFT2D/CMakeLists.txt
index 865d1604..7b1ca316 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/convolutionFFT2D/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/convolutionFFT2D/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(convolutionFFT2D LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/dwtHaar1D/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/dwtHaar1D/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e40b1f1..95bec2a1 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/dwtHaar1D/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/dwtHaar1D/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(dwtHaar1D LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/dxtc/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/dxtc/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b2e0d20..bc07e308 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/dxtc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/dxtc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(dxtc LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/fastWalshTransform/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/fastWalshTransform/CMakeLists.txt
index a91296b5..096f4dfb 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/fastWalshTransform/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/fastWalshTransform/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(fastWalshTransform LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/fluidsGL/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/fluidsGL/CMakeLists.txt
index a7025045..47d5b34e 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/fluidsGL/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/fluidsGL/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(fluidsGL LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/marchingCubes/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/marchingCubes/CMakeLists.txt
index 17255681..5304a3e0 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/marchingCubes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/marchingCubes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(marchingCubes LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/nbody/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/nbody/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f33292b..1d833c4c 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/nbody/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/nbody/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(nbody LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/p2pBandwidthLatencyTest/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/p2pBandwidthLatencyTest/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e3f7d18..4374f75d 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/p2pBandwidthLatencyTest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/p2pBandwidthLatencyTest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(p2pBandwidthLatencyTest LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/postProcessGL/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/postProcessGL/CMakeLists.txt
index 910a4df1..413a8903 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/postProcessGL/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/postProcessGL/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(postProcessGL LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/quasirandomGenerator/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/quasirandomGenerator/CMakeLists.txt
index 3632b9ef..69913ad2 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/quasirandomGenerator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/quasirandomGenerator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(quasirandomGenerator LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/quasirandomGenerator_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/quasirandomGenerator_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
index 327715d4..4b66dbd0 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/quasirandomGenerator_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/quasirandomGenerator_nvrtc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(quasirandomGenerator_nvrtc LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/recursiveGaussian/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/recursiveGaussian/CMakeLists.txt
index ca64b99c..79676846 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/recursiveGaussian/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/recursiveGaussian/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(recursiveGaussian LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleD3D11/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleD3D11/CMakeLists.txt
index 514985f2..37439786 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleD3D11/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleD3D11/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleD3D11 LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
@@ -17,8 +19,8 @@ include_directories(../../../Common)
 if(WIN32)
     # Source file
     # Add target for simpleD3D11
-    add_executable(simpleD3D11 
-        simpleD3D11.cpp 
+    add_executable(simpleD3D11
+        simpleD3D11.cpp
         sinewave_cuda.cu
         ../../../Common/rendercheck_d3d11.cpp
     )
@@ -33,9 +35,9 @@ if(WIN32)
         ${CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     )
 
-    target_link_libraries(simpleD3D11 PRIVATE 
-        d3d11 
-        dxgi 
+    target_link_libraries(simpleD3D11 PRIVATE
+        d3d11
+        dxgi
         dxguid
         d3dcompiler
     )
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleD3D11Texture/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleD3D11Texture/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c94a14f..c880cc0a 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleD3D11Texture/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleD3D11Texture/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleD3D11Texture LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
@@ -35,9 +37,9 @@ if(WIN32)
         ${CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     )
 
-    target_link_libraries(simpleD3D11Texture PRIVATE 
-        d3d11 
-        dxgi 
+    target_link_libraries(simpleD3D11Texture PRIVATE
+        d3d11
+        dxgi
         dxguid
         d3dcompiler
     )
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleD3D12/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleD3D12/CMakeLists.txt
index d7b2caee..3bfcac7b 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleD3D12/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleD3D12/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleD3D12 LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
@@ -36,9 +38,9 @@ if(WIN32)
         ${CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     )
 
-    target_link_libraries(simpleD3D12 PRIVATE 
+    target_link_libraries(simpleD3D12 PRIVATE
         d3d12
-        dxgi 
+        dxgi
         dxguid
         d3dcompiler
     )
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleGL/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleGL/CMakeLists.txt
index 19cad723..cad30aa4 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleGL/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleGL/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleGL LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkan/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkan/CMakeLists.txt
index fd73125b..21ccf92c 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkan/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkan/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleVulkan LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkanMMAP/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkanMMAP/CMakeLists.txt
index de40c870..ee17d626 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkanMMAP/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkanMMAP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleVulkanMMAP LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/smokeParticles/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/smokeParticles/CMakeLists.txt
index 3fd6e41a..82b32b4c 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/smokeParticles/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/smokeParticles/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(smokeParticles LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/stereoDisparity/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/stereoDisparity/CMakeLists.txt
index 64ca60d4..5ae5c208 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/stereoDisparity/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/stereoDisparity/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(stereoDisparity LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/volumeFiltering/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/volumeFiltering/CMakeLists.txt
index d853d36a..66ee6cae 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/volumeFiltering/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/volumeFiltering/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(volumeFiltering LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/volumeRender/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/volumeRender/CMakeLists.txt
index 1065dcd8..20b81830 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/volumeRender/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/volumeRender/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(volumeRender LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/vulkanImageCUDA/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/vulkanImageCUDA/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a493396..0baa62cf 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/vulkanImageCUDA/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/vulkanImageCUDA/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(vulkanImageCUDA LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/6_Performance/LargeKernelParameter/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/6_Performance/LargeKernelParameter/CMakeLists.txt
index abb3e117..2d470c67 100644
--- a/Samples/6_Performance/LargeKernelParameter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/6_Performance/LargeKernelParameter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(LargeKernelParameter LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/6_Performance/UnifiedMemoryPerf/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/6_Performance/UnifiedMemoryPerf/CMakeLists.txt
index adac50f1..1e0de4cf 100644
--- a/Samples/6_Performance/UnifiedMemoryPerf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/6_Performance/UnifiedMemoryPerf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(UnifiedMemoryPerf LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/6_Performance/alignedTypes/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/6_Performance/alignedTypes/CMakeLists.txt
index 2fbb252b..3c98ca6b 100644
--- a/Samples/6_Performance/alignedTypes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/6_Performance/alignedTypes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(alignedTypes LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/6_Performance/cudaGraphsPerfScaling/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/6_Performance/cudaGraphsPerfScaling/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ae148c9..bd9304e7 100644
--- a/Samples/6_Performance/cudaGraphsPerfScaling/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/6_Performance/cudaGraphsPerfScaling/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cudaGraphsPerfScaling LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/6_Performance/transpose/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/6_Performance/transpose/CMakeLists.txt
index 143e6bb7..7f684d11 100644
--- a/Samples/6_Performance/transpose/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/6_Performance/transpose/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(transpose LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/7_libNVVM/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/7_libNVVM/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f9e7675..11ef1199 100644
--- a/Samples/7_libNVVM/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/7_libNVVM/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ if (${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.18.0)
 else () # Else, we're using cmake versions >= 3.18.
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0074 NEW) # Use CUDAToolkit_ROOT as a cmake prefix.
   find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
+
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
   set(CUDA_LIB "${CUDA_cuda_driver_LIBRARY}")
   include_directories("${CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
   get_filename_component(CUDA_HOME "${CUDAToolkit_BIN_DIR}" DIRECTORY)
diff --git a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLAErrorReporting/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLAErrorReporting/CMakeLists.txt
index 754e3a53..1024e9b5 100644
--- a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLAErrorReporting/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLAErrorReporting/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cuDLAErrorReporting LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 53 61 70 72 75 80 86 87 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLAHybridMode/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLAHybridMode/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ff8fb18..5ea54ef3 100644
--- a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLAHybridMode/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLAHybridMode/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cuDLAHybridMode LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 53 61 70 72 75 80 86 87 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLALayerwiseStatsHybrid/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLALayerwiseStatsHybrid/CMakeLists.txt
index 8cdb5c47..9d2348e9 100644
--- a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLALayerwiseStatsHybrid/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLALayerwiseStatsHybrid/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cuDLALayerwiseStatsHybrid LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 53 61 70 72 75 80 86 87 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLALayerwiseStatsStandalone/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLALayerwiseStatsStandalone/CMakeLists.txt
index c092207a..ced7b990 100644
--- a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLALayerwiseStatsStandalone/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLALayerwiseStatsStandalone/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cuDLALayerwiseStatsStandalone LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 53 61 70 72 75 80 86 87 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLAStandaloneMode/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLAStandaloneMode/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b2ee5f0..34546b5c 100644
--- a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLAStandaloneMode/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cuDLAStandaloneMode/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cuDLAStandaloneMode LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 53 61 70 72 75 80 86 87 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cudaNvSci/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cudaNvSci/CMakeLists.txt
index 255bd063..6b14a971 100644
--- a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cudaNvSci/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cudaNvSci/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(cudaNvSci LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 53 61 70 72 75 80 86 87 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
         )
 
         # Specify additional clean files
-        set_target_properties(cudaNvSci PROPERTIES 
+        set_target_properties(cudaNvSci PROPERTIES
             ADDITIONAL_CLEAN_FILES "teapot1024_out.ppm"
         )
     else()
diff --git a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cudaNvSciNvMedia/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cudaNvSciNvMedia/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccb677d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/cudaNvSciNvMedia/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Include directories and libraries
+include_directories(../../../Common)
+
+# Source file
+set(SRC_FILES
+    cudaNvSciNvMedia.cu
+)
+
+# Add target for cudaNvSciNvMedia
+add_executable(cudaNvSciNvMedia ${SRC_FILES})
+set_target_properties(cudaNvSciNvMedia PROPERTIES CUDA_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION ON)
diff --git a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/fluidsGLES/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/fluidsGLES/CMakeLists.txt
index 40f648b5..0c848404 100644
--- a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/fluidsGLES/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/fluidsGLES/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(fluidsGLES LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/nbody_opengles/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/nbody_opengles/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c16a1ec..abd1d9b4 100644
--- a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/nbody_opengles/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/nbody_opengles/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(nbody_opengles LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 72 75 80 86 87 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/nbody_screen/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/nbody_screen/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f5fcbae..73e9b2dd 100644
--- a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/nbody_screen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/nbody_screen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(nbody_screen LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/simpleGLES/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/simpleGLES/CMakeLists.txt
index cc1bc80d..33b5cab6 100644
--- a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/simpleGLES/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/simpleGLES/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleGLES LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 53 61 70 72 75 80 86 87 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
diff --git a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/simpleGLES_EGLOutput/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/simpleGLES_EGLOutput/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ef4d376..afc7466c 100644
--- a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/simpleGLES_EGLOutput/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/simpleGLES_EGLOutput/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleGLES_EGLOutput LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)
@@ -26,4 +28,4 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
     set_target_properties(simpleGLES_EGLOutput PROPERTIES CUDA_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION ON)
 else()
     message(STATUS "Will not build sample simpleGLES_EGLOutput - requires Linux OS")
-endif()
\ No newline at end of file
+endif()
diff --git a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/simpleGLES_screen/CMakeLists.txt b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/simpleGLES_screen/CMakeLists.txt
index 8665a1e8..6036abff 100644
--- a/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/simpleGLES_screen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Samples/8_Platform_Specific/Tegra/simpleGLES_screen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project(simpleGLES_screen LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 50 52 60 61 70 75 80 86 89 90)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     # set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -G")  # enable cuda-gdb (expensive)