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AMD aims to be first with CPU/GPU OpenCL programming

September 21st, 2009 · No Comments




Processor chip company Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.) has submitted details to the Khronos graphics industry group that it states show that its ATI graphics processing unit (GPU) architecture is compatible with OpenCL.

AMD said it is awaiting certification from Khronos, the industry body that was founded in 2000 to promote standard for graphics and media. The submission puts AMD closer to being the only semiconductor provider to offer both GPU and central processing unit (CPU) development environments for OpenCL, AMD claimed.

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