Ignis is the foundation of a CUDA-backed deep-learning ecosystem for Ruby that actually targets native Windows. It provides a GPU n-dimensional array (Ignis::NDArray), CUDA memory/device management, a runtime kernel compiler (NVRTC) with a batteries-included kernel library, fp16/bf16 conversion, and cuBLAS GEMM. Kernels are compiled at runtime and libraries are bound via FFI — there are NO C extensions, so installation needs no compiler or devkit (the usual Windows native-gem killer). Requires an NVIDIA GPU + CUDA toolkit/runtime.