> Then use API supported on your target platform. It's not ROCm then.
That's the point, ROCm isn't suitable for things outside datacenters or maybe some workstations. Cuda is however, and that's what AMD should be aiming for. Their best bet is SYCL, but that uses ROCm as backend...
> Installing a suitable operating system - for a supposed hacker - is a convoluted, nonsensical action nowadays?
Again, if all you need is to run ROCm on your own computer Linux isn't a hurdle. If you want to ship software to customers you can't just say "switch OS", they're probably already using their computers for other things.
> Vega is not that old; the problem is that is not not procurable anymore, which, if you read my comment again, I agreed that it is a problem.
The fact that they used to support something isn't a relevant argument and I just don't see the point in bringing it up, other than to underline the fact that AMD doesn't care about compute support for the mass market anymore. At least we agree on one thing.
The splitting between graphics specific and compute specific hardware is an even bigger issue than Linux only. ROCm stands for RadeonOpenCompute, and their Radeon DNA hardware can't run it, so streamers can't use AMD hardware to play games and improve their mic sound, while it's trivial to do with Nvidias OptiX. And what good are all the ML models if you can't ship them to customers?
That's the point, ROCm isn't suitable for things outside datacenters or maybe some workstations. Cuda is however, and that's what AMD should be aiming for. Their best bet is SYCL, but that uses ROCm as backend...
> Installing a suitable operating system - for a supposed hacker - is a convoluted, nonsensical action nowadays?
Again, if all you need is to run ROCm on your own computer Linux isn't a hurdle. If you want to ship software to customers you can't just say "switch OS", they're probably already using their computers for other things.
> Vega is not that old; the problem is that is not not procurable anymore, which, if you read my comment again, I agreed that it is a problem.
The fact that they used to support something isn't a relevant argument and I just don't see the point in bringing it up, other than to underline the fact that AMD doesn't care about compute support for the mass market anymore. At least we agree on one thing.
The splitting between graphics specific and compute specific hardware is an even bigger issue than Linux only. ROCm stands for RadeonOpenCompute, and their Radeon DNA hardware can't run it, so streamers can't use AMD hardware to play games and improve their mic sound, while it's trivial to do with Nvidias OptiX. And what good are all the ML models if you can't ship them to customers?