Comments for: OpenCL spec is almost out the door

#8. Posted at 06:55 PM on Nov 21st 2008

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MadManOriginal

It's open so apps should be able to be developed for any OS, in theory, right?

#8, In theory, yes. In practice, it is not that simple. The GPU ... : just brew it! (#12) «

#12, Well, Apple were pushing for OpenCL, so we'll certainly s... : RagingDragon (#14) «

#14, AMD already announced support for OpenCL some time ago... : sigher (#19) «

#19, ...but given their dire financial straits, do they ... : just brew it! (#22) «

#1. Posted at 04:51 PM on Nov 21st 2008

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StashTheVampede

Getting THIS approved will really usher in the CPU/GPU use. ATI and Nvidia didn't work on a common API (yes, they each said the other is free to implement it), so someone third party must do it. Who did it?

Apple

Here's hoping their iMovie and iDVD get some under the hood upgrades to chew down the encode times (bloody apps only use two cores, currently).

#1, Unless you have a G5 quad or a Mac Pro, you don't have more ... : derFunkenstein (#6) «

#6, I have more than two cores. I don't have a Mac Pro or G5 a... : Forge (#7) «

#7, So... it's a riddle? : ssidbroadcast (#9) «

#9, Do all Intel Macs have sockets, or are the CPUs sol... : CasbahBoy (#15) «

#15, None of them are soldered. : StashTheVampede (#17) «

#17, The laptops are? At least, the last generation... : Chryx (#18) «

#18, Yes all laptops are soldered. Due to their... : adisor19 (#21) «

#5. Posted at 05:19 PM on Nov 21st 2008

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Tamale

wow, this is really cool. glad to see these guys working together.. it'll benefit everyone

#5, Except that the khronos group is involved.. the stallers : sigher (#20) «

#3. Posted at 05:07 PM on Nov 21st 2008

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Chillectric

Will this show up in *nix distros also?

#3, It's an open spec, anyone can implement it. : StashTheVampede (#4) «

#4, So is OOXML but I'm not holding my breath on too many imp... : CheetoPet (#16) «

#2. Posted at 04:55 PM on Nov 21st 2008

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adisor19

Indeed, here's hope that ALL CPU intensive apps that Apple ships will get the GPU acceleration treatment.

Already everything in 10.6 is being recoded in 64bit Cocoa which should give a good 10 - 15% boost in speed but if they add some OpenCL stuff in their iLife and Pro apps suites, boosts of 40% performance increase should not be unheard of !

Good times ahead friends :)

Adi

#2, Will the Finder finally lose its dot beneath its icon on the... : ssidbroadcast (#10) «

#10, Why would it lose the dot ? I mean it's a running applica... : adisor19 (#11) «

#11, So is the dashboard, but I don't see its dot. : / Pers... : ssidbroadcast (#13) «