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 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
