On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 23:36 -0700, UNIX admin wrote:
> > <div id="jive-html-wrapper-div">
> > Is anyone running any GPGPU code on Solaris? I ask
> > because with AMD Fusion coming down the road, it
> > seems that most AMD64 machines will have access to
> > GPU based computation functions.<br><br>With Solaris
> > and Sun moving to a highly threaded programming model
> > (Fortress), might these functions be incorporated
> > into the OS?
> 
> Now that's an interesing idea.
> Implement a Solaris driver that automatically utilizes the GPU for 
> calculations.
> 
> NVidia, if my memory serves me correctly, developed a compiler that 
> specifically targets the GPU on their graphics accelerators. But did any of 
> these companies actually release the specs on how to program their GPUs 
> directly?

I had a feeling that Nvidia already had their own library for their
processors, IIRC it started with c, but the name escapes me.

Matthew

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