Big tech companies are trying to eliminate the software advantages that have helped Nvidia dominate the artificial intelligence market.according to ReutersThe group formed by Intel, Google, Arm, Qualcomm, Samsung and other technology companies will prevent AI developers from being locked in to Nvidia's proprietary technology and allow them to run code on any machine in any environment. We are developing an open source software suite to help you. Chip.
The group, called the Unified Acceleration Foundation (UXL), says: Reuters No final release goal was given, but the technical details of the project should reach a “mature” state by the second half of this year. Currently, the project includes specific coding languages, codebases, and other tools developed to eliminate requirements that bind developers to use specific architectures, such as Nvidia's CUDA platform. Includes OneAPI, an open standard developed by Intel.
Nvidia has grown rapidly since focusing on hardware that powers AI models, including its H100 GPU and upcoming H200 GPU, which last month became the first chipmaker to reach a market capitalization of $2 trillion. These Nvidia chips, which lock developers into using his Nvidia's CUDA architecture, are better than what other chipmakers are currently making, but rival companies develop their own alternatives. As demand continues to rise, explosive demand has led to shortages. In the company's 2023 Computex keynote, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that 4 million developers use the Cuda computing model.
UXL says the project is initially aimed at expanding options for AI apps and high-performance computing applications, but will eventually also support Nvidia hardware and code. UXL is seeking help from additional chipmakers and cloud computing companies such as Microsoft and Amazon to ensure the solution can be implemented on any chip or hardware. Microsoft, while not specifically part of the UXL coalition, was rumored to have partnered with AMD last year to develop an alternative AI chip that could challenge NVIDIA's de facto monopoly in the industry.