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Add an indication as to where 'ROCm' comes from. Wikipedia redirects to [0]. Still have no clue where the 'm' comes from (is it the last letter of platfor'm'?)
by karmakaze 5y ago
Add an indication as to where 'ROCm' comes from. Wikipedia redirects to [0]. Still have no clue where the 'm' comes from (is it the last letter of platfor'm'?)
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPUOpen#Radeon_Open_Compute_(ROCm) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPUOpen#Radeon_Open_Compute_(R...
- slavik81 5y agoIt used to be "Radeon Open Compute platform" with the m coming from platform. It's now "Radeon Open Ecosystem" with the c and the m from ecosystem [1]. The old expansion still shows up in a few places where it's difficult to remove. [1]: https://github.com/ROCmSoftwarePlatform/rocBLAS#rocblas https://github.com/ROCmSoftwarePlatform/rocBLAS#rocblas
- karmakaze 5y agoAh so (R)adeon (O)pen E(c)osyste(m) stylized ROCm. I can see why it's not often spelled out, thanks.