Re:ROCm Is AMD's #1 Priority, Executive Says
by jauntywundrkind on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @06:00PM
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> If you want to try this out, one big issue is that software support is hugely different on Instinct vs Radeon. I think AMD will fix this eventually, but today you need to use Instinct.
I'm really really worried about AMD, and whether they're going to care about anyone else. They might just care about Instinct, where margins are so high, and ignore consumer cards or making more friction and segmentation for consumer cards.
Part of what made CUDA so successful was that the low hardware barrier to entry created such a popular offering. Everyone used it. I really hope AMD realizes that, and really hope AMD invests in consumer card software too. Just making it work on the high end doesn't seem enough to get the kind of mass-movement ecosystem success AMD really needs. I'm afraid they might go for a smaller win, try to compete only at the top.
I'm really really worried about AMD, and whether they're going to care about anyone else. They might just care about Instinct, where margins are so high, and ignore consumer cards or making more friction and segmentation for consumer cards.
Part of what made CUDA so successful was that the low hardware barrier to entry created such a popular offering. Everyone used it. I really hope AMD realizes that, and really hope AMD invests in consumer card software too. Just making it work on the high end doesn't seem enough to get the kind of mass-movement ecosystem success AMD really needs. I'm afraid they might go for a smaller win, try to compete only at the top.