@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-square23fedilinkarrow-up1506arrow-down15cross-posted to: stable_diffusion@lemmy.dbzer0.comgryprogramowanietechnology@lemmy.worldlinux@lemmy.worldprogramming@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldopensource@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1501arrow-down1external-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 • 9 months agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: stable_diffusion@lemmy.dbzer0.comgryprogramowanietechnology@lemmy.worldlinux@lemmy.worldprogramming@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldopensource@lemmy.ml
minus-squareAtemulinkfedilink39•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-squareconciselyverboselinkfedilink0•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.