In the ongoing battle between OpenCL & CUDA, AMD has launched the next volley with their latest AMD Accelerated Parallel PRocessing SDK v2.5.
In related news, AMD earlier this month announced [press release] the availability of its AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) Software Development Kit (SDK) v2.5. This OpenCL-driven SDK offers programmers tools to add general-purpose GPU (GPGPU) computing support to their applications. AMD seems to be taking a wise tact here, as its CPU performance trails that of rival Intel Corp. (INTC), but its GPU performance is well ahead of its rival. With GPU-enabled apps, Fusion APUs may finally start performing their Intel comparables in everyday applications like Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT) Office suite or Adobe Systems, Inc.’s (ADBE), assuming the app-makers add support.
This comes along with the announcement of their new C-series and E-series processors, boosting the speeds of their existing Fusion APU’s to new heights. The new E-series is, however, a bit slower and seems to be targeted more at the ultra low-power mobile market. Both series however now support DisplayPort++ and HDMI 1.4a.
via DailyTech – AMD Unleashes New GPGPU Computing Tools, 3 New Fusion Chips.
