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I don't understand why Nvidia is so obstinate on this front. They would solidify their lead in hardware if they open sourced the entire CUDA software stack. The
by chatmasta 3y ago
I don't understand why Nvidia is so obstinate on this front. They would solidify their lead in hardware if they open sourced the entire CUDA software stack. Their hardware competitors are going to reverse it anyway, so they may as well open source the thing and benefit from all the momentum that comes with owning the community's favored software and the hardware that it runs on.
- gjsman-1000 3y agoExclusivity works. As much as Hacker News likes to dismiss it.
- bluedevil2k 3y agoReally? All these companies have their code written in CUDA and when it comes time to buy more GPUs they can make a decision - buy more Nvidia chips that will “just work”, or buy AMD/Intel and spend time and money writing new, potentially buggy, software to duplicate the software I’ve already written. Seems like an easy decision for the buyers, and Nvidia’s vendor lock in is complete.
- roughly 3y agoNvidia is worth more money than God because every ML pipeline out there uses CUDA and the only way to use CUDA is on Nvidia hardware - they already own the community’s favored software and the hardware it runs on. CUDA’s not the product, it’s the moat.