AMD Is Prepared To Release A Complete User-Space Open-Source Stack For HSA

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMD Is Prepared To Release A Complete User-Space Open-Source Stack For HSA

In the coming days AMD will be releasing AMD's HSA run-time library as open-source!..

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTgzMzc

[uid313]

Could HSA be used by Intel and Nvidia too?

I find vendor-specific technology utterly boring and uninteresting.

[r1348]

Could HSA be used by Intel and Nvidia too?

I find vendor-specific technology utterly boring and uninteresting.

HSA is promoted by the HSA Foundation, that is open to all partecipants and aims to create a standard.

[TheLexMachine]

*10 minute Power Guitar solo*

This is very good. Maybe in another two years, AMD will be a solid choice for anyone wanting to use their hardware for Linux.

[rohcQaH]

Having to pre-compile my openCL code is a bit of a nuisance when I'm dynamically generating the openCL code at runtime, but I'm excited nevertheless.

Hoping for a compliant libOpenCL.so in the not too distant future

[Marc Driftmeyer]

Best part: OpenCL C99 and not another effing C++11 only stack.

[mmstick]

*10 minute Power Guitar solo*

This is very good. Maybe in another two years, AMD will be a solid choice for anyone wanting to use their hardware for Linux.

It's been a solid choice for a very long time. Linux is the best platform for AMD CPUs. They also provide great open source drivers. There's a reason why China made an announcement that they were buying 10,000,000 AMD GPUs to go alongside with their homegrown MIPS-based processors because NVIDIA refused to disclose their source code while AMD was more than happy to provide all the documentation and code they wanted on Linux.

[ua=42]

I think China wanted the source code so that they could be sure the NSA didn't secretly install a backdoor into the driver.

[johnc]

There's a reason why China made an announcement that they were buying 10,000,000 AMD GPUs

link?

[DeepDayze]

I think China wanted the source code so that they could be sure the NSA didn't secretly install a backdoor into the driver.

not sure if serious