[abiox]

> a CUDA alternative

this is what OpenCL is, afaik.

[kobeya]

Apples to oranges. The two APIs aren’t comparable, and being forced to use OpenCL is a hindrance itself. But unfortunately it has “Open” in the name so it must be better than that proprietary single vendor CUDA nonsense... /s

[bitL]

...a very underwhelming one when it comes to Deep Learning

[ginko]

Well mainly because Nvidia gimped their OpenCL drivers and there was no customer pushback.

[pjmlp]

OpenCL vendors never provided a competing tooling alternative to CUDA.

Drivers are only part of the story.

Even Google preferred to create their own Renderscript dialect than supporting OpenCL.

[bitL]

That would still be fine if OpenCL was similarly-performing on Intel/AMD and a 1st class citizen of various Deep Learning frameworks. OpenCL is just an afterthought there sadly.