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May 11, 2022 at 21:02
Nvidia is open sourcing its kernel drivers! Looks like the popularity of Linux in data centres meant it was valuable from a sales perspective. Still, everyone wins. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia-open-kernel&num=1

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Sep 19, 2020 at 21:26
When Nvidia discusses choosing Ada for security critical software, they mention the cost of fuzzing (slide 17). It's an interesting argument: if the language gives you more assurances, you don't need so much compute to fuzz test! https://www.slideshare.net/AdaCore/securing-the-future-of-safety-and-security-of-embedded-software
Nov 16, 2015 at 19:14
NVidia is essentially open sourcing their Fortran compiler! https://www.llnl.gov/news/nnsa-national-labs-team-nvidia-develop-open-source-fortran-compiler-technology (LLVM may be weak copyleft but people contribute back)
NNSA, national labs team with Nvidia to develop open-source Fortran compiler technology
NNSA, national labs team with Nvidia to develop open-source Fortran compiler technology
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and its three national labs today announced they have reached an agreement with NVIDIA's PGI® software to create an open-source Fortran compiler designed for integration with the widely used LLVM compiler infrastructure.LLVM is a collection of reusable compiler and tool chain technologies with a modular design that facilitates support for a wide variety of programming languages and processor architectures.The Fortran front-end module created through this project will be derived from NVIDIA's PGI Fortran compiler
Aug 28, 2014 at 20:04
I confess I uninstalled the nvidia binary drivers when they didn't work with a new kernel. I haven't looked back, it's been less painful.