Developers should be mad about this. Here's where to start contributing to open alternatives:
ROCm: https://rocm.github.io/
OpenCL: https://www.khronos.org/opencl/
TensorFlow: https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
ROCm: https://rocm.github.io/
OpenCL: https://www.khronos.org/opencl/
TensorFlow: https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
Do yo know that he has the right skill set or the time to maintain the code for years to come? Do you know that the effort would be economically viable for him like it could be for AMD or perhaps Google?
If not then I would prefer if he didn't submit a patch, because he would be wasting everyone's time.
Sometimes the best contribution you can make to an open source project is to express your interest in particular features so that those who really can submit a patch know that there is demand for it.
https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/tensorflow-optimiz...