Re:BarraCUDA Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs
by KennyBlanken on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @02:49AM
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Wow you're so very smart! You should tell all the llm and stablediffusion developers who had no idea it existed! /s
HIP has been dismissed for years because it was a token effort at best. Linux only until the last year or two, and even now it only supports a small number of their cards.
Meanwhile CUDA runs on damn near anything, and both Linux and Windows.
Also, have you used AMD drivers on Windows? They can't seem to write drivers or Windows software to save their lives. AMD Adrenalin is a slow, buggy mess.
Did I mention that compute performance on AMD cards was dogshit until the last generation or so of GPUs?
HIP has been dismissed for years because it was a token effort at best. Linux only until the last year or two, and even now it only supports a small number of their cards.
Meanwhile CUDA runs on damn near anything, and both Linux and Windows.
Also, have you used AMD drivers on Windows? They can't seem to write drivers or Windows software to save their lives. AMD Adrenalin is a slow, buggy mess.
Did I mention that compute performance on AMD cards was dogshit until the last generation or so of GPUs?