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Amazon plans TorchNeuron to loosen Nvidia's grip on PyTorch
Amazon wants to weaken Nvidia's control over PyTorch, the free toolkit most AI applications are built with, so that developers can run those applications on alternative chips such as Amazon's own. TechCrunch reports the plan.
What Amazon is aiming for
According to TechCrunch, Amazon intends to end Nvidia's hold on PyTorch, a free toolkit that the report treats as the foundation for much AI software. The aim is for many more developers to run such software on chips from other makers, Amazon's included.
Who is involved
Nvidia is a semiconductor company based in Santa Clara and founded in 1993. The initiative is aimed at the standing the company holds through its hardware and software.
The particulars of the new developer tool come from TechCrunch's account alone.
Open questions
- How much PyTorch work done on Nvidia hardware can the new tool move to other chips?
- Which alternative chips beyond Amazon's own will be supported?