http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/ Engadget Comments for OpenCL 1.0 spec released, GPUs everywhere to get a workout http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 8th 2008 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 8th 2008 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 8th 2008 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 8th 2008 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/
If so... you are very uninformed.]]>Dec 8th 2008 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/
No wait, it's like way faster because it's in an Apple computer!!!!!!!!]]>Dec 8th 2008 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/
hyuk hyuk]]>Dec 8th 2008 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/
and theres a huge difference between X6XX series and the real GPUs or the X8XX series like 9800 9800gx2 gtx280.. now these are GFX cards.. 8600 9600 are just video cards..

and if apple needs to step in the game they need to step up the game..]]>Dec 8th 2008 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 8th 2008 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/
I don't want a laptop that doubles as a space heater, kthx.]]>Dec 8th 2008 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/
try reading macrumours mr.fanboy.. ]]>Dec 8th 2008 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 8th 2008 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Uh... Isn't that why the MBP has 2 video cards? A 9400M for low-power stuff, and a 9600M for more intensive stuff...?]]>Dec 9th 2008 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 9th 2008 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 8th 2008 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 8th 2008 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 8th 2008 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 8th 2008 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 8th 2008 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 8th 2008 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 9th 2008 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/
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Please, God, no. How about they just USE THE STANDARD THIS TIME. Can we do that please?
...PLEASE?!]]>Dec 9th 2008 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 9th 2008 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 9th 2008 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/
Besides, the two standards could coexist. OpenGL and Direct3D are still alive and healthy after many years. You also forget that Microsoft is instrumental in forcing GPU manufacturers to create decent cards by forcing minimum requirements for DirectX certification.]]>Dec 9th 2008 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 9th 2008 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout//anyways/, if DX11 is bound to Windows, then BAM, OpenCL is better.

...and we don't need their certification, we have benchmarks.]]>Dec 9th 2008 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/
I fail to follow the logic of your argument here. For a start, define "better". Besides, all DirectX releases have been Windows-only, yet it hasn't deterred game developers programming with that API.

And what's there to make OpenCL a "standard"? It doesn't look ISO certified, or certified by any other independent body for a start.]]>Dec 9th 2008 5:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/It may not have deterred the game developers, but it's sure given me and the market a heck of a lot of trouble.
This is a 'standard' because it is an open specification endorsed by over 20 companies including all three major personal chip manufacturers.]]>Dec 9th 2008 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/
ISO certified? Because we all saw how easy it was to get something certified, if you have the money. ISO is losing all credibility as an international standards organization.

On the other hand, DX is as much of a standard as OpenGL/OpenCL, since it is the de-facto standard on the Windows platform. Only applications that need to work on other platforms target OpenGL. However, since Kronos is also responsible for OpenCL as well, it can be treated as a standard as much as OpenGL is.]]>Dec 9th 2008 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/
I don't think its surprising at all- Intel needs a competitor to CUDA for its Larabee chip, and why do all the work yourself when you can piggyback off of an open-source standard?

Larabee's highly parallel x86 structure will make it ideal for this kind of computing.]]>Dec 9th 2008 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/
And, if Larrabee supports OpenCL, there's a good chance of getting more customers - Apple, for one. Supercomputer clusters would be another market that would appreciate a very fast GPU supporting OpenCL.]]>Dec 9th 2008 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/
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Hardware-accelerated video decoding is a good example. Right now it's doable, but it's tricky and there's a lot of vendor-specific stuff going on. With a universal standard, we could see great advances in that regard.]]>Dec 9th 2008 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 9th 2008 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Dec 9th 2008 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/Of course Windows 7 will still run on my P4, but Snow Leopard will be intel only, and not one iLover will mind one little bit. Like candy from a baby eh Steve ?]]>Dec 9th 2008 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/opencl-1-0-spec-released-gpus-everywhere-to-get-a-workout/http://dorchard.co.uk)]]>Dec 9th 2008 5:07PM