AMD open sourced their OpenCL GPU LLVM backend a few days earlier, http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmdev/2011-December/046136.html
No matter how hard NVIDIA pushes their CUDA tech, I think it is unlikely that Intel, AMD and others will dropping support for the open standard OpenCL in favor of CUDA. By the way, I hear comments by Brecht that AMD OpenCL is lacking for Cycles. Where are the details on that? Thanks! Erwin On 14 December 2011 23:54, Reuben Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > The devil is in the details. Nobody really knows yet, as they have only > made > the announcement. I don't think you can actually get ahold of anything yet. > And they haven't indicated what licenese it is to be released under. > > -Reuben > > On Thursday, December 15, 2011 12:47:32 AM Davis Sorenson wrote: > > To quote from the linked article: > > "NVIDIA today announced that *it will provide the source code* for the > new > > NVIDIA® CUDA® LLVM-based compiler *to academic researchers and > > software-tool vendors*, enabling them to more easily add GPU support for > > more programming languages and support CUDA applications on alternative > > processor architectures." > > > > While It does mention opening (In the title) and source code, the wording > > is a bit strange. Do they mean that it will be "Shared-source" like some > > Microsoft products, or do they mean that it will be under an open-source > > license? Just thought I would point this out. Either way this is good > news, > > but if it's real open-source it's much better news. > > > > Davis > > > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Reuben Martin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > With all the headaches of trying to make Cycles work properly with > > > OpenCL, I > > > thought it was interesting that Nvidia has now open sourced with CUDA > > > compiler > > > as well as the documentation of the intermediate representation. > > > > > > > > > > http://pressroom.nvidia.com/easyir/customrel.do?easyirid=A0D622CE9F579F0 > > > 9&version=live&releasejsp=release_157&xhtml=true&prid=831864 > > > > > > In theory, this could mean that CUDA could eventually be ported to > > > non-nvidia > > > architectures. > > > > > > > > > > > > -Reuben > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
