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Re:BarraCUDA Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs by spacebanana7 on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @05:34AM (#47059545)
The headline that PyTorch has full compatibility on all AMD GPUs would increase their stock by > $50 billion overnight. They should do it even if it takes 500 engineers and 2 years.
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Re:BarraCUDA Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs by DonThomasitos on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @07:07AM (#47060155)
Does anybody really understand why this hasn‘t been done? I know about ongoing efforts but is it really THAT difficult?
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Re:BarraCUDA Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs by andy_ppp on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @01:36PM (#47064484)
You know it’s probably a combination of things but mostly that AMD do not have a capable software team… probably not the individuals but the managers likely don’t have a clue.
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Re:BarraCUDA Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs by touisteur on Thursday February 19, 2026 @01:08PM (#47076920)
Aaaaaaand torch is not a simple easy target. You don't just want support but high-performance optimized support on a pretty-complex moving target... maybe better/easier than CUDA but not that much it seems.
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