ND AMD funded a drop-in CUDA implementation built on ROCm: It's now open-source (www.phoronix.com)
1045 points by mfiguiere 758 days ago | 410 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
Technical article about AMD's open-source CUDA implementation.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 6 evals
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2026-03-05 13:50 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 13:50 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive)
2026-03-05 13:47 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.240 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 13:47 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
2026-03-05 13:43 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.240 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 13:43 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: -0.24 (Mild negative)
2026-03-04 10:42 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate negative (-0.52) - -
2026-03-04 10:42 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.44 exceeds threshold (2 models) - -
2026-03-04 10:42 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.52 (Moderate negative) 0.00
reasoning
tech review, neutral stance
2026-03-04 10:40 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.08) - -
2026-03-04 10:40 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-04 10:40 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.44 exceeds threshold (2 models) - -
2026-03-04 10:40 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.08 (Neutral)
reasoning
tech article, no explicit rights discussion, transparent about sources and authorship
2026-03-04 10:37 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate negative (-0.52) - -
2026-03-04 10:37 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.52 (Moderate negative)
reasoning
tech review, neutral stance