The Noise sample code associated with this paper includes an implementation of Perlin noise, which is useful for generating natural-looking textures, such as marble and clouds, for 3D graphics. A test ...

The Khronos Group has ratified OpenCL 1.1, a programming standard for parallel execution of tasks across multicore processors, the standards-setting organization said on Monday. The OpenCL standard, ...

Microsoft has published the specification for C++ AMP (Accelerated Massive Parallelism), its new system for heterogeneous parallel processing in C++. When Microsoft first announced C++ AMP in June ...

This tutorial shows how to use two powerful features of OpenCL™ 2.0: enqueue_kernel functions that allow you to enqueue kernels from the device and work_group_scan ...

The Khronos Group has announced the ratification and public release of the OpenCL 1.0 specification. OpenCL will be a key feature in Apple’s forthcoming “Snow Leopard” operating system release. OpenCL ...

Apple plans to drop NVIDIA in favor of Intel’s integrated graphics in its upcoming Sandy Bridge processors for use in Apple’s 13″ laptops, according to a report from CNET. Apple has so far resisted ...

The initial era of programmable technologies contained two different extremes of programmability. One extreme was the single-core CPU and DSP units. These were programmable using software consisting ...

Hidden among the many announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is a new PowerVR mobile graphics chip that could power advanced 3D, HD video and even general computing on an eventual ...

In addition to introducing a full range of embedded application products that meet the OpenCL specification, US-based Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has collaborated with its industrial partners to ...

July 22nd 2013 – SIGGRAPH - Anaheim, CA – The Khronos™ Group today announced the ratification and public release of the OpenCL™ 2.0 provisional specification. OpenCL 2.0 is a significant ...

In this video from the International Workshop on OpenCL, James Price from the University of Bristol presents: Oclgrind – An Extensible OpenCL Device Simulator. “We describe Oclgrind, a platform ...