Re:BarraCUDA Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs
by bigyabai on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @01:14PM
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ROCm is supported by the minority of AMD GPUs, and is accelerated inconsistently across GPU models. 70-80% of ROCm's performance is an unclear target, to the point that a native ROCm port would be a more transparent choice for most projects. And even then, you'll still be outperformed by CUDA the moment tensor or convolution ops are called.
Those billions are much better-off being spent on new hardware designs, and ROCm integrations with preexisting projects that make sense. Translating CUDA to AMD hardware would only advertise why Nvidia is worth so much.
> it would be genuinely transformative and commercially valuable.
Bullshit. If I had a dime for every time someone told me "my favorite raster GPU will annihilate CUDA eventually!" then I could fund the next Nvidia competitor out of pocket. Apple didn't do it, Intel didn't do it, and AMD has tried three separate times and failed. This time isn't any different, there's no genuine transformation or commercial value to unlock with outdated raster-focused designs.
Those billions are much better-off being spent on new hardware designs, and ROCm integrations with preexisting projects that make sense. Translating CUDA to AMD hardware would only advertise why Nvidia is worth so much.
> it would be genuinely transformative and commercially valuable.
Bullshit. If I had a dime for every time someone told me "my favorite raster GPU will annihilate CUDA eventually!" then I could fund the next Nvidia competitor out of pocket. Apple didn't do it, Intel didn't do it, and AMD has tried three separate times and failed. This time isn't any different, there's no genuine transformation or commercial value to unlock with outdated raster-focused designs.