China's Moore Threads Adds CUDA Code Porting to Its MUSA SDK

Chinese company Moore Threads, actively developing the market graphic accelerators, released update 4.0.1 for its MUSA SDK — a software platform designed to compete with the ecosystem NVIDIA CUDA. The SDK now supports Intel and ARM processors, including Chinese chips Hygon, Kylin and Loongson, which are widely used in servers and government agencies.

The main feature of the new version is MUSIFY tool, allowing developers to port existing CUDA code to the MUSA environment without having to rewrite it from scratch. This is critical in the context of geopolitical restrictions, when Chinese developers are trying to get rid of their dependence on American technologies. The SDK also includes the muBLAS, muFFT, and muThrust libraries, which are similar in functionality to the libraries from NVIDIA.

While the MUSA ecosystem is still inferior to NVIDIA's solutions in terms of performance and maturity, it allows small developers, especially in China, to use national solutions without unnecessary costs. With its own CPU support and focus on parallel computing, MUSA can carve out a niche in the field of AI and scientific developments within the country.