NVIDIA Releases First OpenCL Driver

Developers participating in the "OpenCL Early Access Program" now have access to Nvidia's first OpenCL driver and the software development kit (SDK) since yesterday. Being still a beta version though, it will be improved through the feedback form the developers.

In a press release, published on Nvidia's web site, Andrew Humber, Senior PR Manager for Nvidia, writes: "The OpenCL standard was developed on NVIDIA GPUs and NVIDIA was the first company to demonstrate OpenCL code running on a GPU," said Tony Tamasi, senior vice president of technology and content at NVIDIA. "Being the first to release an OpenCL driver to developers cements NVIDIA