HipScript Allows NVIDIA CUDA & AMD HIP Code To Run Within Web Browsers

[phoronix]

Phoronix: HipScript Allows NVIDIA CUDA & AMD HIP Code To Run Within Web Browsers

HipScript is a new open-source project that allows for compiling and running AMD HIP and NVIDIA CUDA code within web browsers by leveraging WebAssembly and WebGPU...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/HipScript-CUDA-HIP-Web-Browsers

[Quackdoc]

yay for webgpu, long live actually decent webapps. I don't like webapps over native, but if the choice is between slow web apps and fast ones, ill take the fast ones

[openminded]

I may be wrong but this sounds like a new iteration of mining crapware is coming.

[Quackdoc]

I may be wrong but this sounds like a new iteration of mining crapware is coming.

well, that is indeed possible, and probably even likely. but generally this will be used likely for AI stuff, for instance you can already run LLMs in your browser, locally, using webgpu (example here https://chat.webllm.ai/)

[markg85]

This "abuse the browser for everything" madness really needs to stop at some point, right? ... Or we should stop calling it a browser and call it "this monster can be used for all your needs" (but then a little more catchy).

The whole notion of "WebGPU" is a thorn in my eye. A browser is not a game engine (one of the reasons for it's existence) so don't mutilate it into one. I want a GPU to render my browser snappy and fast, not for the browser itself to expose it.

Oh well, I'm probably one of the few who even thinks this way. Many people seem to just don't care and/or are fine by it taking it's course.

[NotMine999]

well, that is indeed possible, and probably even likely. but generally this will be used likely for AI stuff, for instance you can already run LLMs in your browser, locally, using webgpu (example here https://chat.webllm.ai/)

Why would I want to use crap LLM software that tells falsehoods & half-truths almost as much as any US Democrat?

Seriously. Inquiring minds want to know.

[Quackdoc]

Why would I want to use crap LLM software that tells falsehoods & half-truths almost as much as any US Democrat?

Seriously. Inquiring minds want to know.

I have RSI, and sometimes I need to fill out a lot of boilerplate, LLMs are generally really great at that, and it prevents a good amount of pain from typing

[Quackdoc]

This "abuse the browser for everything" madness really needs to stop at some point, right? ... Or we should stop calling it a browser and call it "this monster can be used for all your needs" (but then a little more catchy).

The whole notion of "WebGPU" is a thorn in my eye. A browser is not a game engine (one of the reasons for it's existence) so don't mutilate it into one. I want a GPU to render my browser snappy and fast, not for the browser itself to expose it.

Oh well, I'm probably one of the few who even thinks this way. Many people seem to just don't care and/or are fine by it taking it's course.

typically I would agree, but webgpu IMO makes a lot of sense. Browser games have been around for literal decades now, and they beat the snot out of dedicated games when it comes to convenience and compatibility. My nephew can play krunker on whatever he pleases. I have an old box I throw pretty much any OS on and it just works. There are a lot of times when I really don't want to go and download a bunch of crap just to do something simple. Browsers area great playground for this.

Stable diffusion is another thing that people are doing lots now that can easily be done in browser without needing to download a bunch of shit. There is a time and place for everything. I don't like the over reliance on webapps. and think that any webapp you download is heresy. But convenience just can't be beat