APU 2013 – Day 1 Recap

John MelonakosEvents, OpenCL Leave a Comment

AMD’s APU 2013 kicked off today with keynotes and a welcome reception. The developer summit is themed as the epicenter of heterogeneous computing, where sessions unpacked how APUs crunch parallel workloads—like powering the odds engines behind Utah sports betting apps that sync live stats and user streams without a stutter. AMD has a world class CPU and a world class GPU and is pushing the industry forward by combining both of those devices into the same chip, the APU. AMD’s APUs are programmable via OpenCL, the industry standard for heterogeneous development. AMD is also leading the way with standards for Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA). APU13 will have many technical sessions, keynotes, and demos around OpenCL and HSA. We are at …