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Good news for the AMD fans as we can now offer you the latest 12.1 preview driver for download, loaded with a lot of nifty stuff as a bonus.
To be blunt, we're talking about the new OpenGL version included in the preview release, now reaching 6.14.10.0887 and the AMD APP SDK version 2.6.
We're still expec... |
20 December 2011
10:22 GMT |
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The OpenCL cross-platform, open standard for parallel programming of modern processors has just been updated, to version 1.2.OpenCL 1.2 brings a number of enhancements and performance optimizations over the OpenCL 1.1 standard unveiled eighteen months ago.It should allow for greater programming flexibility, performa... |
15 November 2011
11:09 GMT |
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AMD may be focused on hardware, but its software expertise and activities still extend beyond the realm of drivers, as the latest press release makes it more than clear.
Advanced Micro Devices and MotionDSP have collaborated on the latest version of the Ikena ISR software.
This tool allows one to perform image en... |
21 October 2011
17:31 GMT |
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A new Intel CPU (central processing unit) architecture may boost the already fast MacBook Air even further, should Apple release upgraded systems packing a new line or processors from Intel called “Ivy Bridge”.Not long before the ultra-thin MacBook Air reaches the end of its last refresh cycle, Apple may ... |
16 September 2011
13:31 GMT |
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The OpenCL framework is steadily but surely heading towards widespread market adoption and recently it reached another important milestone as Vector Fabrics has demonstrated a tool that enables developers to build special OpenCL software for application processors with PowerVR SGX graphics processing units (GPUs). T... |
9 August 2011
08:41 GMT |
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WebGL may still be in the early stages, but there are already plans and initial work on the next stage WebCL project. While WebGL leverages GPU power for 3D graphics in the browser, WebCL is an attempt to make it possible for web pages and apps to access the GPU via the OpenCL standard, for general purpose computing.... |
5 July 2011
07:04 GMT |
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GPUs already play a central role in the operation of visually-intensive applications, especially games, but they can also handle parallel processing tasks in place of the CPU, a use that, AMD says, should grow as architectures evolve.At the moment, both AMD and NVIDIA have their respective GPU computing modules whic... |
25 May 2011
09:30 GMT |
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AMD is not just celebrating the award its Fusion technology recently got, but has also announced a partnership meant to allow for the faster creation of the OpenCL standard-compliant applications.OpenCL is a relatively new standard that allows developers to create programs capable of exploiting, to the fullest, both... |
11 May 2011
03:04 GMT |
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Heterogeneous computing is something that Advanced Micro Devices has been advocating for a while, and since OpenCL is seen as the main means of drawing closer to such an IT industry, the outfit came up with the OpenCL University Kit.OpenCL, right now, is the only non-proprietary industry standard available for heter... |
23 February 2011
09:01 GMT |
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When it was first introduced by Ageia back in 2004, hardware accelerated physics seemed like it had the potential to transform the whole gaming industry, but now, almost seven years thereafter, the whole excitement that surrounded the technology seems to have died down. However, GPU physics could return to the center... |
18 February 2011
09:07 GMT |
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Recent iOS 4.3 findings not only confirm that Apple is preparing brand new iPhones and iPads for unveiling (as well as a new Apple TV), but that the former group is also getting PowerVR SGX543 graphics.
As noted by MacRumors, Cupertino has been faithful to the powerful POWERVR SGX535 from Imagination Technologies ... |
17 January 2011
03:37 GMT |
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OpenCL is a relatively new specification but has already become quite popular as an open standard for cross-platform, parallel programming of modern processors. Basically, it is a backward compatible specification jointly developed by a large number of industry-leading companies, including AMD, Apple, ARM, IBM, Apple... |
15 June 2010
05:56 GMT |
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As the fellows over at Advanced Micro Devices are getting ready for the launch of their much-anticipated next-generation Fusion platform, the company is providing developers with yet another release of its Stream SDK. The new ATI Stream Software Development Kit v2.1 has been designed to support OpenCL on both AMD GPU... |
3 May 2010
06:54 GMT |
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PhysX middle-ware is used to simulate the laws of physics on a variety of platforms, such as PCs and game consoles (Xbox 360 and PS3), and is meant to add realism and, obviously, improve the overall gaming experience. Most processing of such effects is performed by the x86 CPU that powers said platforms. Some games, ... |
29 April 2010
02:35 GMT |
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The OpenGL ARB (Architecture Review Board) working group at Khronos has finished defining the OpenGL 4.0 specification, which promises to enable advanced functionality and the latest cross-platform graphics acceleration on all personal computers and workstations. Through the new specification, graphics developers wil... |
12 March 2010
03:50 GMT |
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After a long time when heavy computational tasks were exclusively handled by the Central Processing Unit, computing has begun to shift away from this traditional approach, with the latest Graphics Processing Units being capable of offloading tasks from the CPU. This method through which data is processed, in parallel... |
3 December 2009
03:45 GMT |
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Just a couple of days away from the rumored release of AMD's next-generation DirectX 11-capable GPUs, the Sunnyvale, California-based chip maker has announced today that it has submitted its OpenCL GPU implementation for certification by the Khronos Working Group. According to the chip maker, this brings its pro... |
21 September 2009
04:11 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has announced today the availability of a free OpenCL for CPU beta download, part of the company's ATI Stream SDK v2.0 Beta Program. According to the world's second largest chip maker, the newly released beta is meant to help programmers develop parallel so... |
5 August 2009
03:09 GMT |
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Reports suggest that Apple has been hard at work on adding realtime editing of 1080p H.264 video in the next iteration of Final Cut Pro Studio. If the news is proved accurate, the software will undoubtedly leverage Apple's technology for using GPUs to perform traditionally CPU-intensive tasks – OpenCL. Ac... |
28 May 2009
03:28 GMT |
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Imagination Technologies, which makes the iPhone’s PowerVR MBX chip, has introduced a new GP-GPU multi-core mobile processor that sounds like a great candidate for the next generation iPhone, or an Apple tablet. The fresh chip (PowerVX SGX543) is designed to scale from two to sixteen cores without increasing pe... |
19 March 2009
12:14 GMT |
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Apple has already told everyone that it does not intend to deliver any new features in the Snow Leopard package, and although the new OS will focus mainly on performance enhancements, one should still wait for its launch. That is the thing to do if you are already using Leopard and you want to see how its bigger brot... |
31 January 2009
05:01 GMT |
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NVIDIA is reported to have recently released a fresh version of its CUDA platform, a technology known to benefit from the GPGPU capabilities of the company's graphics solutions. The release does not come with new features, but the SDK has been added support for Windows Vista, Red Hat Linux, as well as VisualStud... |
22 December 2008
03:33 GMT |
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It is believed that Apple wants to introduce Snow Leopard before rival Microsoft launches its much anticipated Windows 7. Also coming as a rumor (although it's pretty obvious) is the news that Apple's Phil Schiller will be showcasing the new OS at the company's last Macworld appearance next month. UK ... |
19 December 2008
04:50 GMT |
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Apple has filed a new application with the US Patent & Trademark Office for Grand Central, Apple's new technology used by Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) to handle multiple processing cores. Snow Leopard is the latest iteration of the Mac OS, slated for release in the first half of 2009. Thanks to the eagle-eyed f... |
11 December 2008
09:38 GMT |
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NVIDIA Corporation, developer of graphics-processor technologies for workstations, desktop computers, and mobile devices, has announced its full support for the newly released OpenCL 1.0 specification from the Khronos Group. OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a new compute API that allows developers to tap into the... |
10 December 2008
03:03 GMT |
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It didn't take NVIDIA long to also announce its support for the newly released OpenCL 1.0 specification from Khronos Group, following the statement of earlier today from its competitor in Sunnyvale, California, AMD. The graphics chip maker has just announced its full support for OpenCL 1.0, a new compute API th... |
9 December 2008
11:04 GMT |
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The Khronos Group has announced the ratification and public release of the Apple-proposed OpenCL 1.0 - the open, royalty-free standard for cross-platform, parallel programming of modern processors found in personal computers, servers and handheld/embedded devices. The OpenCL standard was nearly completed in under six... |
9 December 2008
04:37 GMT |
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An interview scored with Khronos Group has revealed that the makers of open standard, royalty-free APIs and their associated companies have achieved an incredible feat – nearly finished OpenCL for Snow Leopard in 6 months. Announced in June, the collaboration brought together industry leaders like AMD, NVIDIA, ... |
20 November 2008
03:13 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices graphics products group ATI announced at the CEATEC trade-show taking place in Japan that it expects to have DirectX 11-compatible GPUs available in 2009. Some voices on the Web say that this is a clear sign that the Sunnyvale company plans to release a new series of graphics cards, one that wi... |
3 October 2008
06:08 GMT |
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Apple has revealed at its World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) this year that Snow Leopard packs a technology which allows the OS to use the processing power of graphics processors for apps that don't focus on graphics. Khronos Group president Neil Trevett claims Apple's OpenCL is paving the way to the f... |
18 June 2008
10:08 GMT |
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