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Really hoping AMD eventually does the right thing here. Not that it particularly matters seeing as how decent AMD video cards have been unpurchaseable for 18 mo

Really hoping AMD eventually does the right thing here. Not that it particularly matters seeing as how decent AMD video cards have been unpurchaseable for 18 months now. Consumers should have the ability to use their hardware well too. Selling the same thing at 2X the price differentiating only on virtualization capabilities is not a moral path. > We remain hopeful that AMD will recognize forthcoming changes in GPU virtualization with the creation of open standards such as Auxiliary Domains (AUX Domains), Mdev (VFIO-Mdev developed by Nvidia, RedHat, and Intel), and Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation (ARI) especially in light of Intel's market entrance with their ARC line of GPUs supporting Intel Graphics Virtualization Technology (GVT-g). Really cool to hear there are a bunch of vGPU-related efforts underway! That's so great.

ArcVRArthur 5y ago
I have to pinch myself from time to time to remind myself I'm not dreaming. I honestly feel like I'm working on the coolest project in the world with some of the smartest people I've ever met. If you know anyone who wants to help us work on open source vGPU stuff please reach out to me at arthur@arccompute.com. We're hiring!!!
encryptluks2 5y ago
I am disappointed in AMD. I bought AMD for Linux but when it comes to vGPU they don't give a shit. Intel was the leaders who made this semi-mainstream.
- ArcVRArthur 5y ago
  It is very disappointing for sure. I think the best thing we can do right now as users and developers is to make our voices heard and to ask AMD to support VFIO-Mdev on consumer GPUs. If enough people ask I think they will dedicate the energy to supporting these new open APIs as the other vendors now have. We have to be clear that we want this on consumer gear, not some artificially locked out server card where they have relegated these capabilities to with zero technical reason to do so.

ArcVRArthur 5y ago

I have to pinch myself from time to time to remind myself I'm not dreaming. I honestly feel like I'm working on the coolest project in the world with some of the smartest people I've ever met. If you know anyone who wants to help us work on open source vGPU stuff please reach out to me at arthur@arccompute.com. We're hiring!!!

encryptluks2 5y ago

I am disappointed in AMD. I bought AMD for Linux but when it comes to vGPU they don't give a shit. Intel was the leaders who made this semi-mainstream.

ArcVRArthur 5y ago
It is very disappointing for sure. I think the best thing we can do right now as users and developers is to make our voices heard and to ask AMD to support VFIO-Mdev on consumer GPUs. If enough people ask I think they will dedicate the energy to supporting these new open APIs as the other vendors now have. We have to be clear that we want this on consumer gear, not some artificially locked out server card where they have relegated these capabilities to with zero technical reason to do so.