Shatur@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoAMD Quietly Funded A Drop-In CUDA Implementation Built On ROCm: It's Now Open-Sourcewww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1498arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipprogramming@programming.devlinux@lemmy.worldstablediffusion@lemmit.onlineprogramming@lemmy.mlopensource@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1494arrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipprogramming@programming.devlinux@lemmy.worldstablediffusion@lemmit.onlineprogramming@lemmy.mlopensource@lemmy.ml
minus-squareAtemu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up41·5 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-25 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.