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Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust

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  1. dllu · · focus · HN ↗
    Since NVIDIA owns huggingface now and huggingface has the excellent Candle [1] crate for inference on Rust, this seems like a good step towards nice native Rust kernels.

    [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;huggingface&#x2F;candle" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;huggingface&#x2F;candle

    1. instagraham · · focus · HN ↗
      noob here - what&#x27;s the benefit of this? Will using Rust lead to more optimal LLMs or code or both?
      1. jvanderbot · · focus · HN ↗
        I view it more of supporting an expanding use case. If rust gets popular then you&#x27;ll want to support it.
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