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> You can compare CUDA to the first PC OS, DOS 1.0. Sorry, I don't understand this comparison at all. CUDA isn't some first version of an OS, not even close. I
by latchkey 1y ago
> You can compare CUDA to the first PC OS, DOS 1.0.
Sorry, I don't understand this comparison at all. CUDA isn't some first version of an OS, not even close. It's been developed for almost 20 years now. Bucketloads of documentation, software and utility have been created around it. It won't have its ass kicked by any stretch of imagination.
- amelius 1y agoYes, CUDA has a history. And it shows. CUDA has very bad integration with the OS for example. It's time some other company (Microsoft sounds like a good contender) showed them how you do this the right way. Anyway, this all distracts from the fact that you don't need an entire "OS" just to run some arithmetic primitives to get transformers running.
- latchkey 1y ago> CUDA has very bad integration with the OS for example. If you want to cherry pick anything, you can. But in my eyes, you're just solidifying my point. Software is critical. Minimizing the surface is obviously a good thing (tinygrad for example), but you're still going to need people who are willing and able to write the code.
- amelius 1y agoOK, but Microsoft is a software company ...