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Keep in mind that AMDGPU.jl requires ROCm, which is basically dead (no recent GPUs support it and none of those that do are consumer-grade).

The problem with AMD GPGPU is not software, it is that AMD literally does not care.

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Definitely not dead; Vega is well supported, and with some tweaks, Polaris probably works too (although it definitely was broken in HIP around ROCm 4.0.0 or so).

I think AMD has some work to do on non-C++/Python ecosystem engagement for sure, but they've built a foundation that's quite easy to build upon and get excellent performance and functionality; AMDGPU.jl is a testament to that.

The gfx10 line (6800XT et al) probably work out of the box on a recent release. I think some are even officially supported. I test on a 5700XT which I don't think is officially supported. The change to 32 wide wavefronts took a while to resolve.

Rocm gets releases every few months or so. The llvm project part is mirrored to GitHub in real time.

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