We are happy to announce the the source files of the original AQUA application have been released. We've also included sample executable files for 32- and 64-bit Mac, Linux, and Windows platforms, as well as CUDA and OpenCL. The purpose of the release is 1) to allow our volunteers to see what they were running on their computers, and 2) to present our programming techniques to people interested in developing high performance/scientific applications.
While AMD can make powerful hardware it’s ultimately the software that runs on it that drives sales, so it’s important for them to reach out to developers to ensure that such software is being made.
AFDS 2011 served as a focal point for several different things going on at AMD. At its broadest, it was a launch event for Llano, AMD’s first mainstream Fusion APU that launched at the start of the week. AMD has invested the future of the company into APUs, and not just for graphical purposes but for compute purposes too. So Llano is a big deal for the company even though it’s only a taste of what’s to come.
The second purpose of course was to provide sessions for developers to learn more about how to utilize AMD’s GPUs for compute and graphics tasks. Microsoft, Acceleware, Adobe, academic researchers, and others were on hand to provide talks on how they’re using GPUs in current and future projects.
The final purpose – and what is going to be most interesting to most outside observers – was to prepare developers for what’s coming down the pipe. AMD has big plans for the future and it’s important to get developers involved as soon as is reasonably possible so that they’re ready to use AMD’s future technologies when they launch. Over the next few days we’ll talk about a couple of different things AMD is working on, and today we’ll start with the first and most exciting project: AMD Graphics Core Next.
This article is an excellent 'from past to present to future' rundown of graphics core processing. It is an excellent read for anyone interested in how the GPU works and what's coming next.
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Link to thread: http://aqua.dwavesys.com/forum_thread.php?id=858
Maybe this will help get the ATI GPU application going?
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Recently AMD hosted their first Fusion Developer Summit and laid plans for their GCN (Graphics Core Next).
This article is an excellent 'from past to present to future' rundown of graphics core processing. It is an excellent read for anyone interested in how the GPU works and what's coming next.