Shatur ( Shatur@lemmy.ml ) to Linux@lemmy.ml · 3 years agoAMD Quietly Funded A Drop-In CUDA Implementation Built On ROCm: It's Now Open-Sourcewww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1330cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipstable_diffusion@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinuxfurs@pawb.socialopensource@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
arrow-up1330external-linkAMD Quietly Funded A Drop-In CUDA Implementation Built On ROCm: It's Now Open-Sourcewww.phoronix.comShatur ( Shatur@lemmy.ml ) to Linux@lemmy.ml · 3 years agomessage-square16linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipstable_diffusion@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinuxfurs@pawb.socialopensource@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
minus-squareAtemu ( Atemu@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 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 ( conciselyverbose@kbin.social ) linkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 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.