AMD funded a drop-in CUDA implementation built on ROCm: It's now open-source

>>mfigui+(OP)
AMD fail to realize software toolchain is what makes nvidia great. AMD thinks the hardware is all that’s needed

>>sharts+es
Nvidia's toolchain is really not great. Applications are just written to step around the bugs.

ROCm has different bugs, which the application workarounds tend to miss.

>>JonChe+Ox
Yes. This is what makes Nvidia's toolchain, if not great, at least ok. As a developer I can actually use their GPUs. And what I developed locally I can yhen run on Nvidia hardware in the cloud and pay by usage.

AMD doesn't seem to understand that affordable entry-level hardware with good software support is key.

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