Shatur@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoAMD Quietly Funded A Drop-In CUDA Implementation Built On ROCm: It's Now Open-Sourcewww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1521arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareAtemu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up41·2 years 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-down4·2 years 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.