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Apple's MLX adding CUDA support

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548 points nsagent | 1 comments | 14 Jul 25 21:40 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lukev ◴[15 Jul 25 02:18 UTC] No.44567263[source]▶
So to make sure I understand, this would mean:

1. Programs built against MLX -> Can take advantage of CUDA-enabled chips

but not:

2. CUDA programs -> Can now run on Apple Silicon.

Because the #2 would be a copyright violation (specifically with respect to NVidia's famous moat).

Is this correct?

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saagarjha ◴[15 Jul 25 02:28 UTC] No.44567309[source]▶
No, it's because doing 2 would be substantially harder.
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lukev ◴[15 Jul 25 02:39 UTC] No.44567356[source]▶
There's a massive financial incentive (billions) to allow existing CUDA code to run on non-NVidia hardware. Not saying it's easy, but is implementation difficulty really the blocker?
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1. lmm ◴[15 Jul 25 03:13 UTC] No.44567539[source]▶
I think it's ultimately a project management problem, like all hard problems. Yes it's a task that needs skilled programmers, but if an entity was willing to pay what programmers of that caliber cost and give them the conditions to let them succeed they could get it done.