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Khronos Group releases updates to graphics, parallel programming tools |
July 22, 2013
Programming tools that harness the computing power of CPUs and graphics processors have been updated, bringing more parallel programming capabilities to the table.Standards-setting firm Khronos Group released OpenCL 2.0, which is a key development platform used to write applications in which processing is broken down over multiple processors and hardware inside systems. The group also released OpenGL 4.4, a graphics programming standard that takes advantage of the latest graphics hardware available in consoles, PCs and mobile devices.OpenCL has grown in importance as graphics hardware and other co-processors are increasingly used to crunch complex math and science applications. Some of the world's fastest computers combine CPUs and co-processors to speed up application processing, and Hewlett-Packard and Dell are offering servers and workstations loaded with graphics cards for customers that work on visual and CAD/CAM applications."It does significantly expand some of the new GPGPU compute function," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2044918/khronos-group-releases-updates-to-graphics-parallel-programming-tools.html#tk.rss_all
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