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Only if the GPU manufacturers start providing documentation on their chips.
by rjsw 11y ago
Only if the GPU manufacturers start providing documentation on their chips.
- irremediable 11y agoI'll confess I've never done any CUDA stuff, so I don't know firsthand. Surely things are likely to get better, though?
- dmm 11y agoAMD provides documentation for their GPUs and has for years. AMD pays a team to write free-software drivers to be included in the mainline linux kernel. http://developer.amd.com/resources/documentation-articles/developer-guides-manuals/ http://developer.amd.com/resources/documentation-articles/de...
- yvdriess 11y agoWell, they used to. http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20121107223140_AMD_Closes_Linux_Kernel_Development_Lab_to_Reduce_Costs.html http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20121107223140_AM...
- dmm 11y agoObserve the @amd.com commits in this[0] driver supporting the latest AMD GPUs. Observe this[1] person who lists AMD as his current employer and describes his current job as "Working on open source drivers for Radeon GPUs." AMD employs kernel developers who write free software drivers for their GPUs. That's all I was trying to communicate. I have no particular knowledge of the actual business organization. [0] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits/master/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits/master/drivers/gpu... [1]https://www.linkedin.com/in/daenzer https://www.linkedin.com/in/daenzer
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