Papermaster: AMD rejects proprietary walled gardens in favor of open source
Mark Papermaster · No Priors Ep. 53 | With AMD CTO Mark Papermaster · Feb 29, 2024 · at 16:50
AMD CTO Mark Papermaster contrasts AMD's open-source ROCm strategy with proprietary competitor ecosystems like NVIDIA's CUDA.
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“Sarah, the point is, we're not about locking in someone with a proprietary wall garden software stack. What we want is we want to win with the best solution, and we want, or we're committed to open source and we're committed to giving our customers choice.”
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