Microsoft Going All-in on GPU Computing

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Microsoft Going All-in on GPU Computing

June 21st, 2011 · No Comments

By Sanford Russell
Microsoft today made an announcement that will accelerate the adoption of GPU computing (that is, the use of GPUs as a companion processor to CPUs). The software maker is working on a new programming language extension, called C++ AMP, with a focus on accelerating applications with GPUs.

With Microsoft now embracing GPUs in their future higher-level language and OS roadmap, it makes the decision to go with GPU computing even easier for those programmers still on the fence.

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