@Shatur@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml • 10 months agoAMD Quietly Funded A Drop-In CUDA Implementation Built On ROCm: It's Now Open-Sourcewww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1528arrow-down15cross-posted to: linux@linux.communityprogramming@programming.devtechnology@lemmy.worldlinux@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldopensource@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareAtemulinkfedilink42•10 months agoBy funding an API-compatible product, they are giving CUDA legitimacy as a common API. I can absolutely understand AMD not wanting a competitors invention and walled-off product to be anything resembling an industry standard.
minus-squareconciselyverboselinkfedilink-1•edit-210 months agoIt already has legitimacy. It’s their hardware that doesn’t, despite the decent raw flops and high memory.
By funding an API-compatible product, they are giving CUDA legitimacy as a common API. I can absolutely understand AMD not wanting a competitors invention and walled-off product to be anything resembling an industry standard.
It already has legitimacy. It’s their hardware that doesn’t, despite the decent raw flops and high memory.