Does the GPL protect your GPU kernels? Host-kernel languages such as OpenCL, CUDA, DirectCompute and RenderScript don’t really link a kernel. Instead, they load and launch it. That makes me worry that the GPL might not be ready for GPU kernels. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. Below is my humble opinion only. This post
Kernels and the GPL. Are we safe and linking? Read More »
In the series Basic Concepts I try to give an alternative description to what is said everywhere else. This time my eye fell on alternative convenience methods in two cases which were introduced there to be nice to devs with i.e. C/C++ and/or graphics backgrounds. But I see it explained too often from the convenience functions and
Basic Concepts: OpenCL Convenience Methods for Vector Elements and Type Conversions Read More »
August 2012: article has been completely rewritten and updated. For driver-specific issues, please refer to this article. Want to have both your GTX and Radeon working as OpenCL-devices under Linux? The bad news is that attempts to get Radeon as a compute device and the GTX as primary all failed. The good news is that
Installing both NVidia GTX and AMD Radeon on Linux for OpenCL Read More »
This is the second in the series “OpenCL potentials“. I chose this industry because it is the finest example where you are always late, even if you were first. So it always must be faster if you want to make the better analyses. Before I started StreamHPC I worked for an investment-company, and one of the
OpenCL Potentials: Investment-industry Read More »
The AMD OpenCL coding competition seems to be Windows 7 64bit only. So if you are on another version of Windows, OSX or (like me) on Linux, you are left behind. Of course StreamHPC supports software that just works anywhere (seriously, how hard is that nowadays?), so here are the instructions how to enter the competition
AMD OpenCL coding competition Read More »
Years ago Microsoft was in court as it claimed Internet Explorer could not be removed from Windows without breaking the system, while competitors claimed it could. Why was this so important? Because (as it seems) the browser would get more important than the OS and internet. As important as electricity in the office and at
The current state of WebCL Read More »
Ergens opgevangen dat grafische kaarten tegenwoordig ingezet kunnen worden voor zware berekeningen? Tijdens een koffiegesprek gehoord over vector-processors als aanvulling op scalaire processors? Dan wordt het tijd dat u de grote veranderingen op processorgebied op een rijtje krijgt om uw organisatie beter op innovatief gebied te kunnen sturen. Zie https://streamhpc.com/education/gratis-kennislunch/ voor een uur uitleg op lokatie. Voor
Dutch: Gratis kennisochtend over de nieuwe generatie processoren Read More »
Already the fourth PDF-Monday. It takes quite some time, so I might keep it to 10 in the future – but till then enjoy! Not sure which to read? Pick the first one (for the rest there is not order). Edit: and the last one, follow me on twitter to see the PDFs I’m reading. Reason
PDFs of Monday 19 September Read More »
Since more than a year I have this blog and I want to show the visitors around the world. Why? Then you know where OpenCL is popular and where not. I chose an unknown period, so you cannot really reverse engineer how many visitors I have – but the nice thing is that not much
Interest in OpenCL Read More »
As it got more popular that I shared my readings, I decided to put them on my site. I focus on everything that uses vector-processing (GPUs, heterogeneous computing, CUDA, OpenCL, GPGPU, etc). Did I miss something or you have a story you want to share? Contact me or comment on this article. If you tell others
PDFs of Monday 12 September Read More »