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Before the "ZLUDA" project completion, they would be facing a lawsuit for IP infringement, since CUDA is owned by NVIDIA.
by zvr 8mo ago
Before the "ZLUDA" project completion, they would be facing a lawsuit for IP infringement, since CUDA is owned by NVIDIA.
- colordrops 8mo agoThey would win, compatibility layers are not illegal.
- bigyabai 8mo agoWin against who? AMD is the one that asked them to take it down: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-asks-developer-to-take-down-open-source-zluda-dev-vows-to-rebuild-his-project https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-asks-dev... And while compatibility layers aren't illegal, they ordinarily have to be a cleanroom design. If AMD knew that the ZLUDA dev was decompiling CUDA drivers to reverse-engineer a translation layer, then legally they would be on very thin ice.