AMD GPUOpen Initiative, New Compiler, Drivers and OS SDK's for Linux and HPC(hothardware.com)

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AMD GPUOpen Initiative, New Compiler, Drivers and OS SDK's for Linux and HPC

http://hothardware.com/news/amd-goes-open-source-announces-gpuopen-initiative-new-compiler-and-drivers-for-lunix-and-hpc

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jhartmann11 anni fa

OS here is open source, this is pretty significant since they plan to offer MIT licensed versions of lots of their internal tools and SDK's. The C++ compiler is an attempt at capturing the HPC market by providing tools to convert 90% of CUDA code to portable C++ that can run on AMD and NVidia cards. Lots of bare metal GPU access stuff too, so lots more control for Game developers. Lots of goodies.