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Originally posted by log0 View PostInteresting statement. You have got a working blob already. What is the point of supporting the open source driver then? It certainly can not be in your interest if "new competitors" use it for their advantage.
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Originally posted by archibald View PostBecause their customers/partners have asked for it.
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Don't get me wrong...
Originally posted by Lemonzest View PostAm I the only who is HAPPY with the Mesa/Gallium/ATI stack?Last edited by chrisr; 04 September 2012, 03:59 AM.
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Originally posted by log0 View PostAnd this customers/partners don't care about power management, performance and overall feature completeness? Who are this customers btw(I assume this info is not secret)? What are they doing with this open source driver?
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Originally posted by log0 View PostAnd this customers/partners don't care about power management, performance and overall feature completeness? Who are this customers btw(I assume this info is not secret)? What are they doing with this open source driver?
The common thread among the customers was that (a) they were building big compute farms with our CPUs, (b) they were running Linux on those farms, (c) they did most of their related SW development on Linux, and (d) they wanted in-box support for the systems used for SW development and related activities.Last edited by bridgman; 04 September 2012, 09:21 AM.Test signature
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Originally posted by bridgman View PostOther than power management, which was a whole lot simpler when we kicked this off back in 2007, I imagine they're pretty pleased with the features and performance. Launch-time support (buy new HW, install a recent distro, use the system) was a higher priority than features and performance.
The common thread among the customers was that (a) they were building big compute farms with our CPUs, (b) they were running Linux on those farms, (c) they did most of their related SW development on Linux, and (d) they wanted in-box support for the systems used for SW development and related activities.
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Originally posted by log0 View PostI see. They are not really using your GPUs for computation related tasks, just happened to have them in their systems. But PM should still matter though.
On the other hand, most cluster I know, all use Cuda (nvidia) for computations. The bad reputation of Catalyst isn't helping to change that.
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Originally posted by wpoely86 View PostThey ARE being used for computational task. Cuda & OpenCL are becoming very populair in the scientific community. And we want big clusters with lots of flops. Cooling is an expensive issue with big clusters, so good PM is very welcome.
On the other hand, most cluster I know, all use Cuda (nvidia) for computations. The bad reputation of Catalyst isn't helping to change that.
And yes from my own experience nvidia is the preferred hardware for (serious) computing.
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Originally posted by wpoely86 View PostThey ARE being used for computational task. Cuda & OpenCL are becoming very populair in the scientific community. And we want big clusters with lots of flops. Cooling is an expensive issue with big clusters, so good PM is very welcome.
On the other hand, most cluster I know, all use Cuda (nvidia) for computations. The bad reputation of Catalyst isn't helping to change that.
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