SagivTech, a supplier of services for GPU computing and computer vision, have created a Mobile Computing Benchmark Suite – to establish reliable performance metrics for common mobile computing operations and the expected performance of GPU code on specific hardware. A recent post on the ARM Mali Graphics blog site and a SagivTech whitepaper takes a [...]
At Interop 2014 this year Xilinx showcased acceleration of Monte Carlo options pricing simulations running on the Alpha Data ADM-PCIE-7V3 FPGA board in an x86 platform developed with the OpenCL design environment for Xilinx devices.
GPUVerify is a tool for formal analysis of GPU kernels written in OpenCL and CUDA. The tool can prove that kernels are free from certain types of defect, such as data races and bugs – useful feedback for any GPU-programmer. StreamComputing have an online version of the tool that you can play around with to test [...]
NAB 2014 sees AMD and Adobe showcase new OpenCL-Accelerated features for Adobe Premiere Pro CC and the entire Adobe Creative Cloud Video Workflow. AMD App Acceleration via the open standard OpenCL API brings the massive parallel compute power of AMD A-Series APUs, AMD Radeon graphics, and AMD FirePro professional graphics to bear on the sophisticated [...]
Aspyr has just released a new update for Civilization V that, among other improvements, allows for 4K resolutions on the new Mac Pro. Mac gamers will now be able to take full advantage of OpenCL framework, which means better visuals and improved performance for the critically acclaimed strategy game. Aspyr also state that the game should [...]
SPEC’s High-Performance Group (SPEC/HPG) has released SPEC ACCEL V1.0, a new benchmark suite that measures the performance of systems using hardware accelerator devices and supporting software. SPEC ACCEL tests performance with a suite of computationally intensive parallel applications running under the OpenCL and OpenACC APIs (application programming interfaces). SPEC/HPG expects […]
Codeplay recently published the first in a series of blog posts that will be released to help develop a better understanding of exactly what SYCL is, how it works and how C++ and OpenCL™ developers can benefit from it. Specifically the blog provides a more detailed description of the main features of SYCL by answering frequently [...]
Imagination’s have announced that their PowerVR Series6 is the first mobile GPU to pass OpenCL 1.2 conformance. PowerVR Series6 primarily targets the OpenCL 1.2 EP (Embedded Profile) specification, enabling developers to take full advantage of the rich capabilities in OpenCL 1.2 within the constraints of mobile and embedded form factors. Peter McGuinness, director of multimedia [...]
Interview with David Kaeli, co-author of Heterogeneous Computing with OpenCL, conducted during Code Generation Optimization 2014 in Orlando, Florida. In this quick conversation, Dave discusses changes in the upcoming OpenCL 2.0 edition of the book, coming Fall 2014.
Sam Blinstein from Vanguard Video talked to Intel at Mobile World Congress earlier this year about their advanced codec solutions and the transition to the new H.265 standard. Sam discussed the Vanguard hybrid encoder demo, which is built on Intel technology and uses OpenCL to massively parallelize and accelerate tasks in the encoding process, helping [...]