AMD's OpenCL Allows GPU Code To Run On X86 CPUs 176
eldavojohn writes "Two blog posts from AMD are causing a stir in the GPU community. AMD has created and released the industry's first OpenCL which allows developers to code against AMD's graphics API (normally only used for their GPUs) and run it on any x86 CPU. Now, as a developer, you can divide the workload between the two as you see fit instead of having to commit to either GPU or CPU. Ars has more details."
Re:Optimization (Score:5, Funny)
Why would anyone ever want to do something well when they can fail at several things?
Re:Nice (Score:2, Funny)
Good on them. Now how about an API that allows me to run GPU code on the GPU? The day I can play 1080p mkvs from a netbook on AMD/ATI hardware is the day I'll quit buying nvidia.
*Head Explodes*
Re:The real benefit (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, that's the solution. Have your code run on any system, all too willing to be duped by street vendors, and blissfully unaware of the nefarious intentions of the guy waving candy from the back of the BUS.
Oh... you meant running code natively... I see.
Re:Optimization (Score:5, Funny)
The SX is for Sux!
Re:GPUs are dying - the cycle continues (Score:2, Funny)
And so, the wheel [catb.org] starts another turn.
Download link please? (Score:1, Funny)
Where is the link to the source tarball?
Can't find it, just some more mumbo jumbo about delivering seameless integration with the goatse paradigm shift, blah, blah, etc.
Re:Optimization (Score:1, Funny)
I used to have a 486 40mhz DLC cpu from Texas Instruments. It didn't have a math co-processor... Can you believe it? A TI chip that couldn't do math!
We used to joke that DLC stood for:
Da Low Cost
Re:Optimization (Score:1, Funny)
The DX is for Dux!
Re:Nice (Score:5, Funny)
does installing Linux somehow magically unsolder the video decoding part of AMD's GPUs?
I'm not going to lie to you; I don't know the answer to that question, and I'm not about to make any assumptions.