Why CUDA translation wont unlock AMD
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Why CUDA translation wont unlock AMD
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Re: Why CUDA translation wont unlock AMD
#2Actual article title says "won't"; wont is a word meaning habit or proclivity.
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The article is literally about how rote translation of CUDA code to AMD hardware will always give sub-par performance. Even if you wrangled an AI into doing the grunt work for you, porting heavily-NV-tuned code to not-NV-hardware would still be losing strategy.
Re: Why CUDA translation wont unlock AMD
#5Are the hyperscalers really using CUDA? This is what really matters. We know Google isn't. Are AWS and Azure for their hosting of OpenAI models et al?
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Has this been done successfully at scale?
There's a lot of handwaving in this "just use AI" approach. You have to figure out a way to guarantee correctness.
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Because it doesn't work like that. TFA is an explanation of how GPU architecture dictates the featureset that is feasibly attainable at runtime. Throwing more software at the problem would not enable direct competition with CUDA.
Re: Why CUDA translation wont unlock AMD
#8Actual article title says "won't"; wont is a word meaning habit or proclivity.
In situations like this, I try to focus on whether the other person understood what was being communicated rather than splitting hairs. In this case, I don't think anyone would be confused.
Re: Why CUDA translation wont unlock AMD
#9Let’s just say what it is: devs are too constrained to jump ship right now. It’s a massive land grab and you are not going to spend time tinkering with CUDA alternatives when even a six-month delay can basically kill your company/organization. Google and Apple are two companies with enough resources to do it. Google isn’t because they’re keeping it proprietary to their cloud. Apple still have their heads stuck in sand barely capable of fixing Siri.
Re: Why CUDA translation wont unlock AMD
#10I agree pretty strongly. A translation layer like this is making an intentional trade: Giving up performance and HW alignment for less lead time and effort to make a proper port.