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Re:Zluda: CUDA on Intel GPUs by The_rationalist on Saturday February 27, 2021 @11:59AM (#26286122)
Why not collaborate with AMD for once an improve HIP? If AMD and Intel stay divided all hope is lost and nvidia will stay the main target
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Re:Zluda: CUDA on Intel GPUs by my123 on Saturday February 27, 2021 @12:02PM (#26286152)
Because HIP/ROCm is awful.

Instead of targeting an IR, it directly targets a given GPU's ISA, so that your existing binary will not run on future hardware. That's a total no-go for basically every non-HPC use case.

Intel is much better off building a sound technical foundation from scratch.

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Re:Zluda: CUDA on Intel GPUs by randomNumber7 on Saturday February 27, 2021 @03:36PM (#26287915)
And it doesn't even work on most consumer AMD graphic cards^^
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Re:Zluda: CUDA on Intel GPUs by The_rationalist on Saturday February 27, 2021 @12:26PM (#26286350)
You better make Zluda work well on AMD gpus then otherwise it will be irrelevant
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