cuda-api-wrappers VS Stacer

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cuda-api-wrappers Stacer
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8.8 3.4
5 days ago about 2 months ago
C++ C++
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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cuda-api-wrappers

Posts with mentions or reviews of cuda-api-wrappers. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-01.
  • VUDA: A Vulkan Implementation of CUDA
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Jul 2023
    1. This implements the clunky C-ish API; there's also the Modern-C++ API wrappers, with automatic error checking, RAII resource control etc.; see: https://github.com/eyalroz/cuda-api-wrappers (due disclosure: I'm the author)

    2. Implementing the _runtime_ API is not the right choice; it's important to implement the _driver_ API, otherwise you can't isolate contexts, dynamically add newly-compiled JIT kernels via modules etc.

    3. This is less than 3000 lines of code. Wrapping all of the core CUDA APIs (driver, runtime, NVTX, JIT compilation of CUDA-C++ and of PTX) took me > 14,000 LoC.

  • WezTerm is a GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Mar 2023
    > since the underlying API's are still C/C++,

    If the use of GPUs is via CUDA, there are my https://github.com/eyalroz/cuda-api-wrappers/ which are RAII/CADRe, and therefore less unsafe. And on the Rust side - don't you need a bunch of unsafe code in the library enabling GPU support?

  • GNU Octave
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Jan 2023
    Given your criteria, you might want to consider (modern) C++.

    * Fast - in many cases faster than Rust, although the difference is inconsequential relative to Python-to-Rust improvement I guess.

    * _Really_ utilize CUDA, OpenCL, Vulcan etc. Specifically, Rust GPU is limited in its supported features, see: https://github.com/Rust-GPU/Rust-CUDA/blob/master/guide/src/... ...

    * Host-side use of CUDA is at least as nice, and probably nicer, than what you'll get with Rust. That is, provided you use my own Modern C++ wrappers for the CUDA APIs: https://github.com/eyalroz/cuda-api-wrappers/ :-) ... sorry for the shameless self-plug.

    * ... which brings me to another point: Richer offering of libraries for various needs than Rust, for you to possibly utilize.

    * Easier to share than Rust. A target system is less likely to have an appropriate version of Rust and the surrounding ecosystem.

    There are downsides, of course, but I was just applying your criteria.

  • Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most unusual demands ever
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Mar 2022
    Oh, I really wish those hackers would release the sources rather than pursue their dumbass crypto-mining demands... "We decided to help mining and gaming community" - hurting the gaming community, helping the get-rich-quick "community".

    My own C++ wrappers for the CUDA APIs (shameless self-plug: https://github.com/eyalroz/cuda-api-wrappers/) would really benefit a lot from behind-the-curtains access to the driver; and even if I just know how the internal logic of the driver and the runtime works, without actually being able to hook into that logic - I would already be able to leverage this somewhat in my design considerations.

Stacer

Posts with mentions or reviews of Stacer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-12.

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