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Re:BarraCUDA Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs by zvr on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @09:05AM (#47061033)
Before the "ZLUDA" project completion, they would be facing a lawsuit for IP infringement, since CUDA is owned by NVIDIA.
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Re:BarraCUDA Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs by colordrops on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @11:45AM (#47062988)
They would win, compatibility layers are not illegal.
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Re:BarraCUDA Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs by bigyabai on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @01:21PM (#47064301)
Win against who? AMD is the one that asked them to take it down: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-asks-dev...

And while compatibility layers aren't illegal, they ordinarily have to be a cleanroom design. If AMD knew that the ZLUDA dev was decompiling CUDA drivers to reverse-engineer a translation layer, then legally they would be on very thin ice.

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