A Survey of Vendor-Independent HPC: Paths Away from CUDA in 2026

This survey examines four major CUDA-independent HPC paths available in 2026: Apple Metal/OpenFPM, AMD ROCm/HIP, Intel SYCL/oneAPI, and Khronos Vulkan Compute. A comparison matrix across seven dimensions is presented along with a case study of Hayula Sovereign, a research lab running 45+ AI agents at zero cloud cost using Apple Silicon hardware.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-07-24
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21536993
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Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
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A Survey of Vendor-Independent HPC: Paths Away from CUDA in 2026

Yahya Saqban
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
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A Survey of Vendor-Independent HPC: Paths Away from CUDA in 2026

Yahya Saqban
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Abstract

This survey examines four major CUDA-independent HPC paths available in 2026: Apple Metal/OpenFPM, AMD ROCm/HIP, Intel SYCL/oneAPI, and Khronos Vulkan Compute. A comparison matrix across seven dimensions is presented along with a case study of Hayula Sovereign, a research lab running 45+ AI agents at zero cloud cost using Apple Silicon hardware.

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