Too much CUDA (was: Deep learning and free software)

Posted Jul 19, 2018 6:22 UTC (Thu) by rbrito (guest, #66188)
Parent article: Deep learning and free software

I know that this is orthogonal to the issue in question, but I just can't help to express my disappointment when I see a lot of "data analysis/big data/machine learning" frameworks supporting only CUDA (and frequently requiring/recommending Linux), yet the more open alternatives (like OpenCL) are totally forgotten...

Too much CUDA (was: Deep learning and free software)

Posted Jul 19, 2018 9:07 UTC (Thu) by Sesse (subscriber, #53779) [Link]

Possibly because OpenCL doesn't really work too well.

Too much CUDA (was: Deep learning and free software)

Posted Jul 19, 2018 11:47 UTC (Thu) by ssl (guest, #98177) [Link]

Well, the cause of this simple: CUDA is much easier to program against than OpenCL, simple as that.