Posted 3/4/2024, 4:07:37 PM
Nvidia Bans Translation Layers Enabling CUDA on Rival Hardware
- Nvidia bans using translation layers to run CUDA software on non-Nvidia hardware in updated license terms, targeting Chinese GPU makers and ZLUDA
- Aims to protect CUDA dominance and prevent competitors like AMD and Intel from easily supporting CUDA apps
- Translation layers allow easy running of CUDA apps on other hardware without recompiling code
- Chinese GPU makers claim CUDA compatibility likely via translation layers
- Recompiling CUDA apps for other hardware still allowed, but translation layers now banned in CUDA 11.5+