AMD Open Sources the AMD Performance Library

bluephone writes "Today AMD announced that they're now opening the source to the AMD Performance Library (APL) under the Apache license. The newly opened code is now hosted at SourceForge (the corporate overlord of Slashdot) under its new name, Framewave. Phoronix says, "The AMD Performance Library / Framewave covers a multitude of operations from simple math operations to media processing and optimizations for multi-core environments." No word as to if it does your laundry. The SourceForge page says that while Framewave is 'sponsored' by AMD, it is "very much an open-source venture. While AMD will continue to participate in and contribute to the project, third-party developers are welcome and encouraged to implement all or part of the code base and/or to create derivative works." Being Apache licensed, it's quite open, so this doesn't seem to be mere lip service."

Comments

Desperation

[snarfies]

Could it be they are offering this framework due to the ABYSMAL performance of their new Phenom processors? And will it be enough to save them, now that their stock has taken a sharp nosedive?

Comment on your sig:

[Futurepower(R)]

Comment on your sig: Since when have facts, logic, and rationality been part of Microsoft's management policies?

For example, things are so bad with Windows Vista that InfoWorld, one of the most respected IT publications, is running a Save Windows XP campaign.

Re:Dude, WTF does this even do?

[nguy]

Since when have facts, logic, and rationality been part of a good anti-Microsoft argument?

Since anti-trust investigations, leaked memos, and careful code analysis revealed the extent of Microsoft's anti-competitive and anti-user practices.

Start here if you need to come up to speed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Documents

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_antitrust