{"id":27270,"date":"2016-11-15T08:09:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T07:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=27270"},"modified":"2016-11-15T08:18:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T07:18:38","slug":"amd-releases-new-version-of-rocm-the-most-versatile-open-source-platform-for-gpu-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/27270-amd-releases-new-version-of-rocm-the-most-versatile-open-source-platform-for-gpu-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD<\/span> Releases New Version of ROCm, the Most Versatile Open Source Platform for GPU<\/span> Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014 Sup\u00adport for new GPU<\/span> hard\u00adware, math libra\u00adri\u00ades and modern pro\u00adgramming lan\u00adguages fur\u00adther unlock the power of GPU<\/span> computing \u2014<\/p>\n

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SALT<\/span> LAKE<\/span> CITY<\/span>\u2014 Nov. 14, 2016 \u2014 At SC16<\/span>, AMD<\/span> (NASDAQ<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) today announ\u00adced a new release of Rade\u00adon Open Com\u00adpu\u00adte Plat\u00adform (ROCm) fea\u00adturing soft\u00adware sup\u00adport of new Rade\u00adon GPU<\/span> hard\u00adware, new math libra\u00adri\u00ades, and a rich foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon of modern pro\u00adgramming lan\u00adguages, desi\u00adgned to speed deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of high-per\u00adfor\u00admance, ener\u00adgy-effi\u00adci\u00adent hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous com\u00adpu\u00adting sys\u00adtems. AMD<\/span> also announ\u00adced plan\u00adned sup\u00adport of Open\u00adCL\u2122 and for a wide ran\u00adge of CPUs in upco\u00adming releases of ROCm, inclu\u00adding sup\u00adport for AMD<\/span>\u2019s upco\u00adming \u201cZen\u201d-based CPUs, Cavi\u00adum Thun\u00adderX CPUs, and IBM<\/span> Power 8 CPUs. The advan\u00adces fur\u00adther cement ROCm\u2019s posi\u00adti\u00adon as the most ver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adle open source plat\u00adform for GPU<\/span> computing.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Rade\u00adon Open Com\u00adpu\u00adte is a plat\u00adform for a new era of GPU<\/span> pro\u00adblem-sol\u00adving, desi\u00adgned to harness the power of open source soft\u00adware to unlock new solu\u00adti\u00adons for HPC<\/span> and hypers\u00adca\u00adle com\u00adpu\u00adting,\u201d said Raja Kodu\u00adri, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and chief archi\u00adtect, Rade\u00adon Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies Group, AMD<\/span>. \u201cToday\u2019s release of ROCm gives deve\u00adlo\u00adpers con\u00adsum\u00adma\u00adte fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty in whe\u00adre and how they use GPU<\/span> com\u00adpu\u00adte. We\u2019re exci\u00adted to show off some of the\u00adse incre\u00addi\u00adble appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons at SC16<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>An open source approach to hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous com\u00adpu\u00adting can help bring the bene\u00adfits of high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting direct\u00adly to deve\u00adlo\u00adpers, pro\u00advi\u00adding the fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty for them to use available com\u00adpu\u00adte resour\u00adces and extra\u00adct the best pos\u00adsi\u00adble per\u00adfor\u00admance from their available hard\u00adware,\u201d said Deni\u00adse Dumas, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent, Plat\u00adform Engi\u00adnee\u00adring, Red Hat. \u201cAs a lea\u00adder in hel\u00adping to nur\u00adtu\u00adre and main\u00adtain open source com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties, we are plea\u00adsed to see that AMD<\/span> has elec\u00adted to take a com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty-focu\u00adsed approach to ROCm.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of AMD<\/span>\u2019s GPU<\/span> sup\u00adport of Thun\u00adderX\u00ae along with the breadth of fea\u00adtures of the ROCm soft\u00adware release is a valuable addi\u00adti\u00adon to Cavium\u2019s over\u00adall solu\u00adti\u00adon for the HPC<\/span> and Hypers\u00adca\u00adle ser\u00adver mar\u00adket,\u201d said Lar\u00adry Wikeli\u00adus, Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent of the Soft\u00adware Eco\u00adsys\u00adtem and Solu\u00adti\u00adons Group at Cavi\u00adum, Inc. \u201cToday\u2019s announce\u00adment by AMD<\/span> is an excel\u00adlent com\u00adple\u00adment to the inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve fea\u00adtures of Thun\u00adderX\u00ae that include 48 ARMv8 cores, inte\u00adgra\u00adted I\/O and dual socket con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon sup\u00adport that our cus\u00adto\u00admers and part\u00adners are deploy\u00ading today in the\u00adse markets\u201d<\/p>\n

The new release of ROCm intro\u00addu\u00adces a wide ran\u00adge of updates, including:<\/p>\n