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> ... but unless Nvidia is planning on forking the kernel and fully maintaining their own version of Linux, they'll cave. Why wouldn't they? It would only be a
by MichaelZuo 3y ago
> ... but unless Nvidia is planning on forking the kernel and fully maintaining their own version of Linux, they'll cave.
Why wouldn't they? It would only be a few million dollars a year to do so, at most.
- seanw444 3y agoYeah, they totally would.
- COGlory 3y agoTheir customers are not going to run an Nvidia fork, because the vast majority of applications only compile on very specific Linux configurations to begin with. This would effectively cede the market to CPUs or AMD.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoNo, it would be a lot easier to modify their applications then wait for AMD to create CUDA 2.0.