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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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hangonhn ◴[15 Jul 25 02:48 UTC] No.44567414[source]▶
Is CUDA tied very closely to the Nvidia hardware and architecture so that all the abstraction would not make sense on other platforms? I know very little about hardware and low level software.

Thanks

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1. pjmlp ◴[15 Jul 25 06:54 UTC] No.44568597[source]▶
CUDA is an ecosystem, many keep failing to understand that, trying to copy only the C++ compiler.