On Monday May 13, 2019 at 09:30 the latest edition of IWOCL starts, not taking into account any pre-events that might be spontaneously organized. This is the biggest OpenCL-focused event that discusses everything that would make any GPGPU-programmer, DSP-programmer and FPGA-programmer enthusiastic.
What’s new since last year, is that it’s actually also more interesting place for CUDA-developers who like to learn and discuss new GPU-programming techniques. This is because Nvidia’s GTC has moved more to AI, where it used to be mostly GPGPU for years.
Since it’s now the last week of the early-bird pricing, it’s a good time to make you think about buying your ticket and book the trip.
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