> AMD was (is) tinkering with a translation layer for CUDA
From what I understand, they dropped the contract with the engineer who was working on it.
Fortunately, as part of the contract, said engineer stipulated that the project would become open source, so now it is, and is still being maintained by that engineer.
> Raspberry Pi pulled a Henry Ford and boldly went with just one microcontroller... In return, Raspberry Pi ensured that everyone on the planet works with the same part. Compared to more traditional wide lineups, there is a disproportionate number of StackExchange questions, blog posts (including this one), experience, Github issues, libraries, and tools for the RP2040.
I'm not personally convinced. Most of the ESP32 series is cross-compatible (at least for the shared pinout counts).
I'd argue the brand recognition and marketing to hobbyists is more likely what brought the "community" around the RP2040.
I believe those are CPU specific, it disregards my AMD GPU. It's too slow a proces.
For what it's work, a sort of hybrid CPU GPU approach is giving me workable results with automatic111, about 30-50s to generate a 512x512 image ataround 1-2 it/s.
Not enough for me to want to use local-run txt2img for daily use (why, when Bing/Poe exists and give you high quality image gen for free in seconds), but enough that when I want some granular control or don't want to give my data to a company (i like making AI portraits of myself and friends), I can run locally.
If I could improve performance, I'd love to get into video production
From what I understand, they dropped the contract with the engineer who was working on it.
Fortunately, as part of the contract, said engineer stipulated that the project would become open source, so now it is, and is still being maintained by that engineer.