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AMD's OpenCL Allows GPU Code To Run On X86 CPUs

Posted by timothy on from the now-that's-something-like dept.

eldavojohn writes "Two blog posts from AMD are causing a stir in the GPU community. AMD has created and released the industry's first OpenCL which allows developers to code against AMD's graphics API (normally only used for their GPUs) and run it on any x86 CPU. Now, as a developer, you can divide the workload between the two as you see fit instead of having to commit to either GPU or CPU. Ars has more details."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    trannies, get your ass-pussies ready!

  2. Optimization by Aladrin · · Score: -1, Troll

    So now programmers can write code that will work on either processor and will be optimized on neither. Brilliant. I'm sure this is somehow a great step forward.

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    1. Re:Optimization by V!NCENT · · Score: -1, Troll

      Is it realy that bad that when the load on your GPU is 100% that you can also use the CPU for the rest of the load? Moron!

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  3. eD4! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    WAY. IT USED TO BE are a few good

  4. Re:Nice by infaustus · · Score: -1, Troll

    Your 1080p h264 files are probably just shitty upscales of low quality divx files some weeaboo downloaded off of Share.

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