Shatur@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 9 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: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldopensource@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1523arrow-down1external-linkAMD Quietly Funded A Drop-In CUDA Implementation Built On ROCm: It's Now Open-Sourcewww.phoronix.comShatur@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldopensource@lemmy.ml
minus-squareAtemu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up42·9 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-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down5·edit-29 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.