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            <title><![CDATA[Why hardware-agnostic isn't the same as lowest-common-denominator]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Part 4 of a series on 'why Spectral exists', \~10 minute read. Part 3 argued that the CUDA programming model is more general than the hardware it grew up on, and that the gap between the hardware it can target and the hardware it was...]]></description>
            <link>https://scale-lang.com/posts/2026-06-12-hardware-agnostic-vs-lcd</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Søndergaard]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[CUDA was always cross-platform]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Part 3 of a series on ‘why Spectral exists’, \~10 minute read. Part 2 argued that the compiler stack matters more in the agent era, not less, and that the substrate that agents write against should stay stable while the hardware varies....]]></description>
            <link>https://scale-lang.com/posts/2026-05-27-cuda-was-always-cross-platform</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Søndergaard]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SCALE 1.7 is out]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[This month's SCALE release is a meaty one. It pushes on three fronts at once: fleet deployability for cloud providers, raw HPC performance, and the PyTorch coverage that AI shops need to take AMD seriously. Head over to our install page to...]]></description>
            <link>https://scale-lang.com/posts/2026-05-20-scale-1-7-release</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Giulio Malitesta]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The brain still needs the hammer: Why compilers matter MORE in the agent era, not less]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[_Part 2 of a series on why Spectral and SCALE exists._ In Part 1, I argued that cross-vendor portability in accelerated computing must be delivered by a company, rather than a committee, because the implementation is the standard. A...]]></description>
            <link>https://scale-lang.com/posts/2026-05-19-the-brain-still-needs-the-hammer</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Søndergaard]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How CUDA Won by NOT being a Standard]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[_Part 1 of a series on why Spectral and SCALE exists, see part 2._ The way we standardize accelerated computing is broken, and it has been broken for long enough that the workaround: single-vendor capture, is now the default. It is worth...]]></description>
            <link>https://scale-lang.com/posts/2026-05-13-how-cuda-won-by-not-being-a-standard</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Søndergaard]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[CUDA, the De Facto Standard of HPC?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[For nearly two decades, NVIDIA’s proprietary programming model, CUDA, has been the "gold standard" for unlocking the capabilities of the GPU. In June 2024, Jensen Huang announced that the ecosystem has reached 5 million developers, growing...]]></description>
            <link>https://scale-lang.com/posts/2026-03-10-cuda-the-de-facto-standard-of-hpc</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Giulio Malitesta]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Optimizing CUDA Shuffles with SCALE]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Compilation of CUDA shuffles to use AMD's Data-Parallel Primitives (DPP) is a novel and unique compiler optimization in SCALE, first added in version 1.4.2. It's important to be able to execute shuffles efficiently as they are used in...]]></description>
            <link>https://scale-lang.com/posts/2026-01-19-optimizing-cuda-shuffles</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Justine Khoo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[GROMACS on SCALE: A Quick Update]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[After our first GROMACS post back in May, we kept digging into the parts of the CUDA backend that GROMACS relies on, especially after getting a very helpful email from the GROMACS Team. Their feedback pointed out a few places where our...]]></description>
            <link>https://scale-lang.com/posts/2025-12-16-GROMACS_on_SCALE_December_Update</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Manos Pavlidakis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[It's Been a Minute]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A Big Update from Spectral Compute, the team behind SCALE. Hey World Yeah, we know, it’s been a while. We’ve been heads-down, buried in code, and frankly, just incredibly busy making CUDA work everywhere. So, grab a coffee. We’ve got a lot...]]></description>
            <link>https://scale-lang.com/posts/2025-11-10-Announcement_Venture_Backed</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Søndergaard]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Running GPU-Optimised Monte Carlo (GOMC) on an AMD GPU using SCALE]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[SCALE is a toolkit that enables CUDA applications to be natively compiled for AMD GPUs. As SCALE reaches maturity, the number of projects that work with it steadily increases. Today we will look at the experience of using SCALE to build and...]]></description>
            <link>https://scale-lang.com/posts/2025-06-16-GOMC</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[ftvkyo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SCALE Benchmark case study: GROMACS]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[With the release of version 1.3.1, SCALE has reached a major compatibility milestone: the ability to run the CUDA version of GROMACS on AMD GPUs. This is an exciting moment for us, since GROMACS is a large and complex CUDA project. Getting...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kitching]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[August in review]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It’s been about six weeks since we released SCALE and we’re overjoyed with the reception we’ve received. We: Made number 1 on Hacker News and stayed there for several days! Saw more than 35 articles written about SCALE. Had more than half a...]]></description>
            <link>https://scale-lang.com/posts/2024-08-28-August-in-review</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Søndergaard]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Unpacking SCALE]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It’s been just over two weeks since the first beta version of SCALE launched. We’re thrilled by the response we’ve received: it’s clear that the world is as excited as we are at the prospect of diversifying the GPGPU market! SCALE enables...]]></description>
            <link>https://scale-lang.com/posts/2024-08-02-unpacking-SCALE</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Ireland]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Announcing the SCALE BETA]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Announcing SCALE: a GPGPU toolchain allowing CUDA programs to be natively run on AMD GPUs. Support for more vendors is in development. We want everyone to have the freedom to use the best GPGPU programming tools, and the GPU hardware that...]]></description>
            <link>https://scale-lang.com/posts/2024-07-12-release-announcement</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Søndergaard]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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