Even though Nvidia is mostly focused on the ARM architecture for its products, it seems interested in the diversification of its CUDA ecosystem with support for open-source architectures like RISC-V, especially now with the China export controls imposed by the US.
In 2021, RISC researchers demonstrated that Nvidia’s CUDA code could run on nonproprietary hardware such as a RISC V-based Vortex GPU through an OpenCL Translator. This was not the most efficient method of bringing CUDA to RISC V, but it clearly demonstrated that RISC is becoming a viable alternative for x86 and ARM processor architectures. Nvidia has now officially acknowledged RISC-V’s potential in the computing space by announcing Native CUDA Support for RISC-V. This announcement was made by Frans Sijstermans, Nvidia’s Vice President of Hardware Engineering and RISC-V Board Director. The diagram shown at the event shows that the RISC V processor can handle CUDA driver at OS level while the CUDA Kernels are running on Nvidia’s graphics cardsThere is a DPU, also from Nvidia, which indicates that the diagram represents a computing system for HPC or data centers.
Tom’s Hardware notes this move to offer CUDA for open-source architectures such as RISC-V, which could enable Team Green’s ecosystem to diversify in China where RISC-V is seeing explosive adoption. is available in this region.
AMD is promoting ROCm as an alternative to Nvidia CUDA. Seventh iteration already supports the RISC V architecture. Team Red is doing its best to break Team Red’s hegemony over CUDA, but ROCm adoption has been slow. It will likely be some years before we see any real competition in the compute stack arena.
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My first step into the wonderful world of IT&C was when I was about seven years old. I was immediately fascinated by computerized graphics. This included 3D applications such as 3D Max, but also games. I’m a crypto-geek, a crypto-geek, and an avid science fiction reader. I began writing PC-related content for Softpedia in 2006, and also for a few blogs. I joined the Notebookcheck in the summer 2017 and am a senior tech journalist who covers processor, GPU and laptop news.
Bogdan Solca (update: 2025-7-22)
