abarker, 2 months ago

@litherum nvcc?

litherum, 2 months ago

@abarker heyyyy you’re right! Good example.

litherum, 2 months ago

@abarker now that I think about it, all the shader compilers are all closed source too

dneto, 2 months ago

@litherum @abarker

Mesa, and AMD's Linux Vulkan are counterexamples, I think.

But these may be exceptions that highlight the underlying trend: the compiler for customized and fast changing HW is tightly coupled and there's huge perceived benefit to keeping it closed.
Fabulous examples are the FPGA CAD stacks where the effect is 10x stronger.