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NVIDIA Releases Source To CUDA Compiler

Posted by Unknown on from the not-quite-there-yet dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NVIDIA has announced they have 'open-sourced' their new CUDA compiler so that their GPGPU platform can be brought to new architectures. NVIDIA's CUDA compiler is based upon LLVM. At the moment though they seem to be restricting the source code's access to 'qualified' individuals.' The official press release implies wider access to the source will happen later. It so happens that a few days ago AMD opened their OpenCL backend and added initial support to the Free Software r600 driver.

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  1. Re:GPU drivers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    They cant, not fully at least. They have to keep details about tilt-bits and other DRM and patented crap secret.

  2. Re:GPU drivers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    If it's patented, then it isn't a secret anymore, by virtue of the patent.

  3. Re:Can someone tell me NVidia's business model? by hardwareman · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, They are making some of the best mobile/low-power solutions with the Tegra family of chip-sets.

    I also believe that it's still going to take some time before the integrated solutions (Intel IGP and AMD Fusion) are good enough to replace discrete graphics for gamers - where they are strong today.