NVIDIA DLSS Source Code Leaked

[btarunr]

The mother of all cyberattacks hit NVIDIA over the weekend, putting out critical driver source-code, the ability to disable LHR for mining, and even insights into future NVIDIA hardware, such as the Blackwell architecture. An anonymous tipster sent us this screenshot showing a list of files they claim are the source-code of DLSS.

The list, which looks credible enough, includes C++ files, headers, and assets that make up DLSS. There is also a super-convenient "Programming Guide" document to help developers make sense of the code and build correctly. Our tipsters who sent this screenshot are examining the code to see the inner workings of DLSS, and whether there's any secret sauce. Do note that this is DLSS version 2.2, so a reasonably recent version including the latest DLSS 2.2 changes. This code leak could hold the key for the open-source Linux driver community to bring DLSS to the platform, or even AMD and Intel learning from its design. Stealing Intellectual Property is a big deal of course and NVIDIA's lawyers will probably be busy picking apart every new innovation from their competitors, but ultimately it'll be hard to prove in a court of law.



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[Aemony]

Some of this stuff was already public knowledge through the GitHub repo, such as the programming guide and headers.

DLSS/doc/DLSS_Programming_Guide_Release.pdf at main · NVIDIA/DLSS

NVIDIA DLSS is a new and improved deep learning neural network that boosts frame rates and generates beautiful, sharp images for your games - NVIDIA/DLSS

github.com

GitHub - NVIDIA/DLSS: NVIDIA DLSS is a new and improved deep learning neural network that boosts frame rates and generates beautiful, sharp images for your games

NVIDIA DLSS is a new and improved deep learning neural network that boosts frame rates and generates beautiful, sharp images for your games - NVIDIA/DLSS

github.com

 

[Chrispy_]

I don't really use Linux outside of servers, but if this puts an end to the closed-source drivers that Nvidia hinder the opensource community with, then that's a plus.

 

[Verpal]

It would be super ultra illegal if some programmer somewhere make a open source version of DLSS that runs on shader cores, imagine a DLSS that runs on AMD and <=Pascal GPU, probably be slow AF, but still pretty interesting.

 

[henok.gk]

Got'em xD

VBIOS and driver signer next? Is that too much to ask?

 

[Fluffmeister]

Is IP theft celebrated here?

 

[LiveOrDie]

The Programming Guide is shipped with a compiled DLSS plugin its a user guide detailing how to setup the plugin, looks like itssource code for the UE plugin.

 

[Ridge]

Is IP theft celebrated here?

If not it should be.

 

[champsilva]

If not it should be.

Crime is a thing to be proud now huh?

 

[henok.gk]

Crime is a thing to be proud now huh?

Corporations especially ones like nvidia with monopoloistic as well as manuplative business practices deserve it!

 

[Ferrum Master]

Driver code should be open source in the first place, thus you can review it and compile for personal usage with the hardware you bought.

This is the only true way. Celebrate or not.

 

[mb194dc]

Bad for Nvidia but interesting for open source community and probably AMD engineers, at home anyway!

Can't really be celebrating IP theft.

Makes me wonder if this is just a teaser though. Maybe asking for a ransom or more damaging things will be released.

 

[wolf]

Is IP theft celebrated here?

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

Nvidia is the company people love to hate.

 

[Bytales]

Somebody got tired of Ngridia ! I bow to them ! They have earned my respect for life.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Crime is a thing to be proud now huh?

Why not? Nvidia is proud of what they've done. Now ask if crime is selfish, another yes answer when it comes to Nvidia.

 

[ratirt]

Forbid people to use it freely, somebody will steal it and make it open. Give them freedom of usage, they will use as they please and the company will still get the profits from it anyway.
I wonder, what will people say from both camps if it turns out, you don't need any specific hardware to make it running as intended?
I have ideas

 

[noel_fs]

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

Nvidia is the company people love to hate.

surely they dont give reason to

 

[bug]

Is IP theft celebrated here?

If it happens to Nvidia (or Intel), everything goes.
If it happened to AMD, people would be running for their pitchforks. Probably blaming Intel or Nvidia, for good measure.

 

[ZekeSulastin]

I wonder, what will people say from both camps if it turns out, you don't need any specific hardware to make it running as intended?
I have ideas

Then AMD would have to answer as to why they came out with FSR instead of an actual DLSS competitor vOv

Y’all (including the author) realize that the leaked code is radioactive to the nouveau devs and the other companies, right? Or did you all forget how much of a pain in the neck the Windows XP source leak made things for Wine and ReactOS?

 

[ratirt]

Then AMD would have to answer as to why they came out with FSR instead of an actual DLSS competitor vOv

Y’all (including the author) realize that the leaked code is radioactive to the nouveau devs and the other companies, right? Or did you all forget how much of a pain in the neck the Windows XP source leak made things for Wine and ReactOS?

Answer to who and what about? AMD got their own tech and NV has kept DLSS a secret that's why the leak of source code and how it works. AMD does not know how it works and if it requires a specific hardware. NV said it did require specific hardware. Maybe now we will see if they were telling the truth.

 

[W1zzard]

Y’all (including the author) realize that the leaked code is radioactive to the nouveau devs and the other companies, right? Or did you all forget how much of a pain in the neck the Windows XP source leak made things for Wine and ReactOS?

Yup, this can even be a good thing for NVIDIA

 

[ratirt]

Yup, this can even be a good thing for NVIDIA

I think that depends if this turns out to be good but i can't see it.

 

[Aretak]

Crime is a thing to be proud now huh?

Non-violent crime committed against corporate interests is something to be celebrated, yes.

 

[Sybaris_Caesar]

What the hell is with these comments? Nvidia, AMD and Intel or any business for that matter isn't your neighbour whose pet got stolen.

 

[Chrispy_]

Is IP theft celebrated here?

Nvidia have burned away most, if not all of their goodwill from their consumer customers that put them on the map.

In the last decade Nvidia have fragmented APIs to lockout the competition as much as possible, made proprietary shit and charged silly money for it instead of contributing to the sector as a whole (SLI, G-Sync, PhysX, RTX, CUDA, GameWorks to name just a few), contributed as little as absolutely necessary to the opensource community, obfuscated driver features as an anticompetitive measure, plied game developers with black-box, Nvidia-optimised tools instead of contributing to existing tools that were in use for cross-platform development, and all of this is just the headline stuff in the consumer market only.

If you want to know how they've micro-segmented the pro and enterprise market with arbitrary driver limitations for basic stuff like virtual machines, compute, AI, I could rant for days. It's all a massive attempt to cash-grab and monopolise.