vosen/ZLUDA on Hacker News

…at Zluda[0] (an open implementation of Cuda) could be far more destructive for them, right? [0] https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA

comment by the_voice · 2026-10-01 · in OpenDLSS: A Vulkan Reimplementation of Nvidia's DLSS 5 Neural Rendering Network

…thats an unaffiliated site that latched onto that, my bad, here's the GH that I should've linked: https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA

comment by robflynn · 2026-09-29 · in Jeff – Jev-compatible 0.8B decision models, trained at home, ~30 ms

…Anyone can put some more effort behind it and push it further. It's improving, AFAICS. Src: https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA

comment by bayindirh · 2026-09-13 · in CUDA for AMD on Windows

There is also ZLUDA, which is open source and works on pre-compiled binaries. https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA

comment by maxloh · 2026-07-14 · in Alternative(s) to run CUDA on non-Nvidia hardware

Perusing the code, the translation seems quite complex. Shout out to https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA which is also in this space and quite popular. I got Zluda to generally work with comfyui well enough.

comment by skipants · 2026-02-18 · in BarraCUDA Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs

…there's OptiScaler [3] for DLSS. For older AMD GPU there's also FSR 4 INT8, see howto here [4] [1] https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA [2] https://ollama.com/blog/amd-preview https://github.com/likelovewant/ollama-for-amd [3]…

comment by Fnoord · 2026-02-01 · in Guix System First Impressions as a Nix User

ZLUDA was definitely intentional: https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA/discussions/192

comment by Gracana · 2026-01-14 · in vLLM large scale serving: DeepSeek 2.2k tok/s/h200 with wide-ep

They don't even need to invent anything. Just put in some work to polish what already exists: https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA

comment by viraptor · 2025-11-11 · in SoftBank sells its entire stake in Nvidia

Could quickly change if open alternatives were suddenly more popular or with stuff like ZLUDA https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA

comment by preisschild · 2025-10-06 · in AMD signs AI chip-supply deal with OpenAI, gives it option to take a 10% stake

…You can run it on amdgpu hardware if you want to - https://docs.scale-lang.com/stable/ and https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA already exist. I'm hacking on scale these days.

comment by JonChesterfield · 2025-09-08 · in The race to build a distributed GPU runtime

There's solutions for that though. https://docs.scale-lang.com/stable/ https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA It's not perfect but it's a start towards unification. In the end though, we're at the same crossroads that graphics drivers were in 2013…

comment by reactordev · 2025-08-10 · in The Framework Desktop is a beast

…it allows you to run CUDA code on a range of non NVidia hardware (for some value of "run"). [0] https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA

comment by tankenmate · 2025-07-05 · in Nvidia won, we all lost

What is the relation between this and Zluda[1]? [1] https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA

comment by Ygg2 · 2025-06-02 · in Hip: C++ Heterogeneous-Compute Interface for Portability

…Really exciting stuff, though with the new IR it further widens the gap that projects like https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA and AMD's own tooling are trying to bridge. But vendor lock-in isn't something we can complain about when it arises…

comment by btown · 2025-04-04 · in Nvidia adds native Python support to CUDA

…libraries that work on non-Nvidia cards, but I guess adoption could be hindered by legal fears. https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA

comment by ChocolateGod · 2025-03-07 · in AMD YOLO

https://github.com/gpuocelot/gpuocelot https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA

comment by ryao · 2024-12-25 · in Making AMD GPUs competitive for LLM inference (2023)

…never see the light of the day: So if I understand it correctly there is something in the works https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA

comment by SushiHippie · 2024-08-08 · in LibreCUDA – Launch CUDA code on Nvidia GPUs without the proprietary runtime

... or mirror a recently updated fork. :) https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA/forks?include=active&page=1&p... It seems the last commit to master was 9e56862.

comment by caeruleus · 2024-08-06 · in Open-Source AMD GPU Implementation of CUDA "Zluda" Has Been Taken Down

Grab Version 3 source code from the releases section while you still can! https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA/releases

comment by RIMR · 2024-08-06 · in Open-Source AMD GPU Implementation of CUDA "Zluda" Has Been Taken Down

…a little convoluted[4] [1]: https://www.pcmag.com/news/intel-faces-potential-class-actio... [2]: https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA [3]: https://intel.github.io/intel-extension-for-pytorch/xpu/late... [4]:…

comment by pushfoo · 2024-08-02 · in Chipmaker Intel to cut 15,000 jobs as tries to revive its business

…the Cuda issue in ml [1]. [0] https://github.com/HazyResearch/ThunderKittens?tab=readme-ov... [1] https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA

comment by eyegor · 2024-07-12 · in FlashAttention-3: Fast and Accurate Attention with Asynchrony and Low-Precision

The underinvestment in, and abandonment of, a project for a CUDA compatibility layer https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA?tab=readme-ov-file#faq by AMD a few months ago hints that they no longer see CUDA compatibility as a goal. Perhaps they see…

comment by btown · 2024-07-10 · in AMD to buy Silo AI for $665M

…and then AMD funded a wrapper, yes. Unfortunately the new version supports AMD but no longer Intel. https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA That's a binary level wrapper. Of course there's also ROCm HIP at the source level, and many other things,…

comment by versteegen · 2024-03-19 · in Stability.ai – Introducing Stable Video 3D

…did not find it fit for further development, I could release it. Which brings us to today." from https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA?tab=readme-ov-file#faq [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39344815

comment by qwertox · 2024-03-05 · in Open-source project ZLUDA lets CUDA apps run on AMD GPUs

It now supports AMD GPUs since 3 weeks ago, check the latest commit at the repo: https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA The article also mentions exactly this fact.

comment by drakerossman · 2024-03-05 · in Open-source project ZLUDA lets CUDA apps run on AMD GPUs

…them. ZLUDA lets you run unmodified CUDA applications with near-native performance on AMD GPUs. https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA With Triton looking to eclipse CUDA entirely, im not sure this prohibition does anything more than placate…

comment by nimbius · 2024-03-05 · in Nvidia bans using translation layers for CUDA software to run on other chips

…and implemented by ZLUDA on a case-by-case basis once we observe an application making use of it. https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA/blob/master/ARCHITECTURE.md

comment by croes · 2024-03-04 · in Nvidia bans using translation layers for CUDA software to run on other chips

…everyone is waiting for, due to there being "no business-case for CUDA on AMD GPUs" [0]. [0] https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA?tab=readme-ov-file#faq

comment by MrBuddyCasino · 2024-02-23 · in Nvidia hits $2T valuation as AI frenzy grips Wall Street

https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA They still funded it and it was created.

comment by dartos · 2024-02-13 · in Nvidia is now more valuable than Amazon and Google

From the same repo, I found this excellent, well-written architecture document: https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA/blob/master/ARCHITECTURE.md I love the direct, "no bullshit" style of writing. Some gems: > Anyone familiar with C++ will…

comment by throwaway2037 · 2024-02-13 · in AMD funded a drop-in CUDA implementation built on ROCm: It's now open-source

Well, you probably read a inaccurate headline about it. The project is called ZLUDA https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA and it had a recent public update because of the opposite - AMD decide not to continue sponsoring work on it: > Shortly…

comment by lhl · 2024-02-13 · in Nvidia is now more valuable than Amazon and Google

…did not find it fit for further development, I could release it. Which brings us to today." from https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA?tab=readme-ov-file#faq so, same mistake intel made before.

comment by Keyframe · 2024-02-12 · in AMD funded a drop-in CUDA implementation built on ROCm: It's now open-source

…repository [0], related submission for that is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39344815 [0] https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA/issues/58

comment by SushiHippie · 2024-02-12 · in Debian on Apple hardware (M1 and later)

If only this exact concern was addressed explicitly in the first FAQ at the bottom of the README... https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA/tree/v3?tab=readme-ov-file#fa...

comment by Zopieux · 2024-02-12 · in AMD funded a drop-in CUDA implementation built on ROCm: It's now open-source

This. 762 changed files with 252,017 additions and 39,027 deletions. https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA/commit/1b9ba2b2333746c5e2b05a...

comment by rrrix1 · 2024-02-12 · in AMD funded a drop-in CUDA implementation built on ROCm: It's now open-source

…paying 3 years ago - well, that was before dinosaurs and ChatGPT, and alot has changed since then. https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA/commits/v3

comment by sam_goody · 2024-02-12 · in AMD funded a drop-in CUDA implementation built on ROCm: It's now open-source

They financed the prior iteration of Zluda: https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA?tab=readme-ov-file#faq but then stopped

comment by my123 · 2024-02-12 · in AMD funded a drop-in CUDA implementation built on ROCm: It's now open-source

https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA/tree/v3

comment by pella · 2024-02-12 · in AMD funded a drop-in CUDA implementation built on ROCm: It's now open-source

https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA - source

comment by hd4 · 2024-02-12 · in AMD funded a drop-in CUDA implementation built on ROCm: It's now open-source

…that level of investment and thats important because GPUs tend to be more fickle than CPUs. [1] https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA

comment by nemothekid · 2023-12-15 · in Intel CEO: 'The entire industry is motivated to eliminate the CUDA market'

…We have very lacklustre efforts from players I won't name <cough Intel> with their Zluda library ( https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA ) which I got REALLY excited about, until I read the README.txt. Four contributors, last commit early 2021.…

comment by karim79 · 2023-07-07 · in Why Nvidia Keeps Winning

…using different APIs (such as CYCL, HIP, Metal, …). - https://gitlab.com/illwieckz/i-love-compute - https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA - https://github.com/RadeonOpenCompute/clang-ocl AMD ROCm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROCm AMD ROcm…

comment by westurner · 2022-09-19 · in AI Seamless Texture Generator Built-In to Blender

There is ZLUDA, based on oneAPI if I recall correctly: https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA

comment by doppioandante · 2022-08-09 · in Will Intel's AXG division survive Pat Gelsinger’s axe?

…OpenCL for the purpose of running SPIR-V binaries called oneAPI L0, and Zluda can run on top of it. https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA AMD used to support SPIR in their driver, but they removed support for that in 2018. As such, you won’t get…

comment by my123 · 2022-04-02 · in OpenCL on Metal – what if clvk works?

The author has a comment here describing what that would take: https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA/issues/17#issuecomment-735403... . tl;dr: someone would need to re-implement cuDNN

comment by rrss · 2021-02-27 · in Zluda: CUDA on Intel GPUs