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by rbanffy 54 days ago
It might be related to patent portfolios. AMD might be reluctant to pursue something that can step on Nvidia's minefield. OTOH, you mention developer experience, and it'd be wonderful to have something less developer hostile than CUDA.

I remember my feelings when I learned how to use the Cell's SPUs and how much I didn't want to touch it with a barge pole after that.
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manwe150 54 days ago
If that is the only issue, any initial CUDA patents will be expiring now
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rbanffy 53 days ago
Parents can be amended to extend their lifetimes, and I’m sure Nvidia uses all the tools they can to better enforce their moat.
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