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AMD launches GPUOpen Initiative

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/15/2015 03:07 PM | source: | 53 comment(s)
AMD launches GPUOpen Initiative

As a continuation of the strategy AMD started with Mantle, AMD are giving even more control of the GPU to developers. As console developers have benefited from low-level access to the GPU, AMD wants to continue to bring this level of access to the PC space. 

AMD GPUOpen for gaming is giving developers the ability to harness the investments they've made on console development, including feature-rich, close-to-the-metal programming, and bring that to life on PC game development. Game developers will now have direct access to GPU hardware, access to a large collection of open source effects, tools, libraries and SDKs. 

As such, in early 2016, libraries and samples i.e. source access to the library directly will be made available from AMD. GPUOpen is the primary vehicle to allow low-level access to the GPU.

New Compiler for Heterogeneous Computing
One of the primary goals of Heterogeneous Systems Architecture (HSA) is easing the development of parallel applications through the use of higher level languages. The new AMD “Boltzmann Initiative” suite includes an HCC compiler for C++ development, greatly expanding the field of programmers who can leverage HSA. The new HCC C++ compiler is a key tool in enabling developers to easily and efficiently apply discrete GPU hardware resources in heterogeneous systems. A Heterogeneous Compute Compiler that compiles an Open Source C++ Compiler for GPUs, and HIP allows developers to convert CUDA code to portable C++.  AMD testing shows that in many cases 90 percent or more of CUDA code can be automatically converted into C++ by HIP with the final 10 percent converted manually in the widely popular C++ language.

Linux Driver and Runtime Focused on the Needs of HPC Cluster-Class Computing
Demonstrating its commitment to Linux, AMD developed a new HPC-focused open source driver and system runtime. This new headless Linux driver brings key capabilities to address core high-performance computing needs, including low latency compute dispatch and PCIe® data transfers; peer-to-peer GPU support; Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) from InfiniBand™ that interconnects directly to GPU memory; and Large Single Memory Allocation support.



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#5205851 Posted on: 12/15/2015 04:59 PM
Developers get too comfortable with what they have already, that's the problem. For years we have been stuck on DX9 and finally there's the move to DX11 now. I hope that the Xbox One Windows 10 update will help with the push to DX12, but I'm skeptical of that.

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#5205853 Posted on: 12/15/2015 05:01 PM
Developers get too comfortable with what they have already, that's the problem. For years we have been stuck on DX9 and finally there's the move to DX11 now. I hope that the Xbox One Windows 10 update will help with the push to DX12, but I'm skeptical of that.


It makes complete sense in that it should push DX12, as X1 developers also can use DX12. But will they use it there? Being skeptical is needed ;)

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#5205856 Posted on: 12/15/2015 05:02 PM
Under embargo till 15th December 2016 :P



?

it says 2015 on the slides.

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#5205860 Posted on: 12/15/2015 05:03 PM
Looks like 2016 to me.

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#5205862 Posted on: 12/15/2015 05:09 PM
?

it says 2015 on the slides.




:P

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