A few pieces of news crossed my way recently. First, AMD has released the x86 Open64 Compiler Suite (binary and source). This is a free as in beer and in speech compiler suite that is the basis for the PathScale Compiler. AMD also provides a collection of libraries and HPC applications that can be built with the compiler (instructions on how to build the packages are provided.)
While we are talking about compilers. I also found a nice bullet pointoverview of OpenCL (pdf). If you recall OpenCL is a new language that is designed to be portable across GPU and CPU architectures. It even has a simple FFT example. As I have said in the past, things like CUDA, OpenCL, and BrookGPU are nice, but they don't cover the cluster computing model. And, it is step in the right direction.
Tech-X announced today that is has established a subsidiary in Zurich, Switzerland geared towards providing support for its software products and consulting services in physics simulations and high-performance computing. Peter Messmer will serve as chief executive of the new Tech-X GmbH in Zurich.
We’re really looking forward to working with universities, labs and industry [...]
The Renault Formula One team announced a big sponsorship deal this morning with HP. The Renault R30 cars will carry the HP logo and branding throughout the 2010 season. Outside of the obvious monetary benefits, the Renault team will have access to HP technology in order to assist their ongoing team development. Specifically, they will [...]
The Khronos Group, yesterday, announced the official release of the OpenGL 4.0 specification. Alongside the 4.0 release is an updated version of the encapsulated, mini-OpenGL [OpenGL ES] designed for lightweight applications such as mobile phones. New features in 4.0 include:
two new shader stages that enable the GPU to offload geometry tessellation from the CPU
per-sample [...]
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