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> While the revenue comes from Hardware, Driver is actually the centre of value. And IME it is the proprietary drivers that usually offer least value and most

> While the revenue comes from Hardware, Driver is actually the centre of value. And IME it is the proprietary drivers that usually offer least value and most problems. That sways buying decisions.

renox 5y ago
Then explain why everyone buys Nvidia cards for GPGPU?
- zozbot234 5y ago
  Because GPGPU software stacks do a very poor job of supporting either of OpenCL or Vulkan Compute, which are the main free alternatives to CUDA. This is especially problematic in the ML space.
  - renox 5y ago
    Yes that was my point which contradicts what foxbluff wrote >> And IME it is the proprietary drivers that usually offer least value and most problems <<
    - zozbot234 5y ago
      CUDA does not inherently offer "more value" than Vulkan Compute, though. It was simply developed earlier.