Researchers debate whether CUDA's closed nature is an anti-competitive moat for NVIDIA
omershapira · x · 2026-11-16
NLP researcher Yoav Goldberg argues that CUDA being closed is a strong anti-competitive move and arguably a major factor keeping NVIDIA in its market leadership position — fine, he says, but it should be recognized for what it is. Omer Shapira pressed back, asking what exact openness Goldberg expects from CUDA, a question left unanswered.
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