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ZLUDA is a compatibility layer for Nividia’s CUDA on other processors

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[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

I don't understand the history here. I thought AMD said "don't do it". Now there's funding from a third party to " just do it"?

There were murmurs that NVIDIA had told AMD to stop funding the project, probably under threat of a lawsuit. Is this project not in a similar position again?

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[-] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

History:

ZLUDA starts as a project to make CUDA work on Intel GPUs, with funding from Intel.
Intel pulls funding, author manages to get funding from AMD instead.
Development of a new version targetting AMD GPUs happens under closed doors with the informal agreement that the source code will be publicly released if AMD pulls funding.
After a couple of years, AMD pulls funding and the source code for the new version is released.
Development continues in the open for a few months, albeit at a slowed pace.
AMD goes back on their word, claims previous agreement wasn't legally binding and asks that ZLUDA source code be taken down.
Author reverts codebase to its pre-AMD state, looks for new source of funding.
ZLUDA's Third Life
Anything regarding NVIDIA involvement is pure speculation and should be treated as such.