On: The RCE that AMD wouldn't fix

[nickdothutton]

AMD's inability to make good software has been a recurring problem for decades. Many years ago I had some success with their optimising compiler, but everything else I've touched was bad. A real pity.

[RachelF → nickdothutton]

Yes, their software is terrible across CPUs and GPUs, and continues to be. So many trivial bugs just never fixed.

It has literally cost them a Trillion dollars in market cap - Nvidia's CUDA is a big reason they're so much bigger than AMD.

[voakbasda → RachelF]

And that’s saying something, because the CUDA stack is a PITA.

[cute_boi → nickdothutton]

AMD somehow got success, but their company culture and pay is shit. They expect PHD level experience but expect pay like peanuts....

[ethbr1 → cute_boi]

> expect PHD level experience but expect pay like peanuts

Thought this was par for the course in closer-to-hardware engineering.

Never understood why the objectively way harder jobs pay so much worse as an industry.

[greenavocado → ethbr1]

Academic overproduction?

[Bilal_io → nickdothutton]

Their pay is shit. I interviewed with them 3 years ago and they offered me peanuts I rejected their offer.