@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-square23fedilinkarrow-up1525cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldopensource@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldprogramming@lemmy.mllinux@lemmy.worldprogramming@programming.devstable_diffusion@lemmy.dbzer0.comtechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1525external-linkAMD Quietly Funded A Drop-In CUDA Implementation Built On ROCm: It's Now Open-Sourcewww.phoronix.com@Shatur@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml • 2 years agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldopensource@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldprogramming@lemmy.mllinux@lemmy.worldprogramming@programming.devstable_diffusion@lemmy.dbzer0.comtechnology@lemmy.zip
minus-squareAtemulinkfedilink42•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-squareconciselyverboselinkfedilink4•edit-22 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.