7/30/2026
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2:52:03 PM
Kraid is a now a real compiler
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/kraid-is-a-now-a-real-compiler.html
by losgehts
8/3/2026
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4:57:50 PM
I'm very confused as to what Kraid actually does and who it's for. It's a compiler of some sort, but for what? GLSL? What's significant about it beyond the target backends?
by pianoben
8/3/2026
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5:32:30 PM
Kraid is the shader compiler for Panfrost, the Mesa driver for Arm Mali GPUs: https://docs.mesa3d.org/drivers/panfrost.html
by elehack
8/3/2026
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8:16:34 PM
So Panfrost is an OpenGL ES implementation for Mali-type GPUs then? Thank you for that. Still confused about the role of a compiler here because I'm uninformed. So Kraid is a GLSL compiler that is specific to those GPUs? Neat.
by pianoben
8/3/2026
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6:40:27 PM
What devices are likely to benefit from Kraid? Are Arm Mali GPUs mostly in Android phones?
by joshmarinacci
8/3/2026
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4:54:53 PM
Next step is obviously to build Ridley
by mock-possum
8/3/2026
at
6:55:26 PM
And an LLM named Motherbrain perhaps?
by lemoncucumber
8/3/2026
at
4:29:27 PM
800,000 test??? wow
So if I can use Kriad, does that mean I can build AI without having to use NVIDIA chips
by jdw64
8/3/2026
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7:06:51 PM
You already can with AMD/Intel gpus. Kraid is a compiler for Arm Mali which is mostly used on mobile stuff, nothing AI related.
by Azantys