{"id":5632,"date":"2013-11-13T00:45:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T23:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=5632"},"modified":"2013-11-13T00:45:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T23:45:20","slug":"tech-giants-and-leading-national-labs-join-the-hsa-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/5632-tech-giants-and-leading-national-labs-join-the-hsa-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Giants and Leading National Labs Join the HSA<\/span> Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ora\u00adcle, Broad\u00adcom, Oak Ridge Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry and Hua\u00adwei Are Among Indus\u00adtry-Lea\u00adding Orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons Recent\u00adly Joi\u00adning the HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon to Advan\u00adce Open Stan\u00addards for Hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous Com\u00adpu\u00adte Pro\u00adgramming; Open Source Deve\u00adlo\u00adper Pro\u00adgram Laun\u00adched to Dri\u00adve Grea\u00adter Deve\u00adlo\u00adper Pro\u00adduc\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty in Hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous Computing<\/em><\/p>\n

SAN<\/span> JOSE<\/span>, CA<\/span>, Nov 12, 2013 \u2014 <\/strong>The HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon today announ\u00adced at the 2013 AMD<\/span> Deve\u00adlo\u00adper Sum\u00admit, \u201cAPU13<\/span>\u201d, the addi\u00adti\u00adon of new mem\u00adbers span\u00adning For\u00adtu\u00adne 500 tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy giants, soft\u00adware inno\u00adva\u00adtors, high-tech sili\u00adcon sup\u00adpli\u00aders and the world\u2019s most fore\u00adfront rese\u00adarch insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons. Backed by foun\u00adder mem\u00adbers, AMD<\/span>, ARM<\/span>, Ima\u00adgi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, Media\u00adTek Inc., Qual\u00adcomm, Sam\u00adsung Elec\u00adtro\u00adnics and Texas Instru\u00adments (TI<\/span>), the HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon is dedi\u00adca\u00adted to deve\u00adlo\u00adping open-stan\u00addard archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons that unlock the per\u00adfor\u00admance and power effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of the par\u00adal\u00adlel com\u00adpu\u00adting engi\u00adnes found in most modern devices.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Joi\u00adning the HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon repres\u00adents the next step towards brin\u00adging hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous com\u00adpu\u00adting to mil\u00adli\u00adons of deve\u00adlo\u00adpers, as well as the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion of new ser\u00adver and cloud pro\u00adgramming para\u00addigms,\u201d said Nan\u00addi\u00adni Rama\u00adni, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent of deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, Java Plat\u00adform, Ora\u00adcle. \u201cOur work with the HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon will help pro\u00advi\u00adde Java deve\u00adlo\u00adpers with the abili\u00adty to quick\u00adly levera\u00adge GPU<\/span> acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon, and explo\u00adre how the Java Vir\u00adtu\u00adal Machi\u00adne (JVM<\/span>), as well as the Java lan\u00adguage and APIs, might be enhan\u00adced to allow appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons to take advan\u00adta\u00adge of hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous compute.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>In less than six months, more than a dozen of the industry\u2019s eli\u00adte have pled\u00adged their sup\u00adport to dri\u00adving the HSA<\/span> stan\u00addard for\u00adward,\u201d said Phil Rogers, pre\u00adsi\u00addent, HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon. \u201cThe rapid adop\u00adti\u00adon of HSA<\/span> and the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the Foundation\u2019s open eco\u00adsys\u00adtem will help usher in the next era unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted user expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces to impro\u00adving cloud-based data manage\u00adment, strea\u00adming, and security.\u201d<\/p>\n

As an inde\u00adpen\u00addent con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum, the HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon is open to any com\u00adpu\u00adting indus\u00adtry pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnals with an inte\u00adrest in dri\u00adving the next era in com\u00adpu\u00adting per\u00adfor\u00admance and ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy. Mem\u00adbers will assist with rese\u00adarch, deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, pro\u00adduc\u00adtion, manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adre, use, and the sale of HSA<\/span> and hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous com\u00adpu\u00adting soft\u00adware. The latest mem\u00adbers to join the HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon include:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Broad\u00adcom
\n\u2014 Cano\u00adni\u00adcal Limited
\n\u2014 Elec\u00adtro\u00adnics and Tele\u00adcom\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons Rese\u00adarch Insti\u00adtu\u00adte (ETRI<\/span>)
\n\u2014 Huawei
\n\u2014 Indus\u00adtri\u00adal Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy Res. Institute
\n\u2014 Kishonti
\n\u2014 Law\u00adrence Liver\u00admo\u00adre Natio\u00adnal Laboratory
\n\u2014 Linaro
\n\u2014 Oak Ridge Natio\u00adnal Laboratory
\n\u2014 Oracle
\n\u2014 Synopsys
\n\u2014 TEI<\/span> of Crete
\n\u2014 UChi\u00adca\u00adgo Argon\u00adne, LLC<\/span>, ope\u00adra\u00adtor of Argon\u00adne Natio\u00adnal Laboratory
\n\u2014 VIA<\/span> Technologies<\/p>\n

Also announ\u00adced today is the for\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon of the HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon Open Source Deve\u00adlo\u00adper Pro\u00adgram. The new pro\u00adgram will help dri\u00adve grea\u00adter deve\u00adlo\u00adper pro\u00adduc\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty in hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous com\u00adpu\u00adting by remo\u00adving many of the bar\u00adriers of tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous pro\u00adgramming and enab\u00adling deve\u00adlo\u00adpers to focus on their algo\u00adrith\u00adms and not mana\u00adging sys\u00adtem resour\u00adces. Spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adcal\u00adly, the pro\u00adgram will focus on three key areas:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of core tools, run\u00adtimes and simu\u00adla\u00adtors that allow
\ndeve\u00adlo\u00adpers to access HSA<\/span> technologies
\n\u2014 Pro\u00advi\u00adde docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon and tools to help acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of
\nappli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons on top of HSAF<\/span> run\u00adtimes technologies
\n\u2014 Give deve\u00adlo\u00adpers a place to con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adte to the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the open
\nsource HSA<\/span> tools and runtimes<\/p>\n

Through the Open Source Deve\u00adlo\u00adper Pro\u00adgram, enga\u00adging the HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon and all the tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies that encom\u00adpass the HSA<\/span> spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons is now easier and more effec\u00adti\u00adve. Par\u00adties inte\u00adres\u00adted in explo\u00adring and con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adting to HSA<\/span> can use the HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon Open Source Deve\u00adlo\u00adper Pro\u00adgram resour\u00adces. Anyo\u00adne can join the mai\u00adling lists, ask ques\u00adti\u00adons, con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adte patches, report bugs, look at sub\u00admit\u00adted patches, and use the tools.<\/p>\n

Sup\u00adport\u00ading Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 Nan\u00addi\u00adni Rama\u00adni APU13<\/span> Keynote
\n\u2014 Open\u00adso\u00adur\u00adce Deve\u00adlo\u00adper Program
\n\u2014 Visit the HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon Git\u00adHub site to access open source code
\n\u2014 Like the HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon on Facebook
\n\u2014 Fol\u00adlow the HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon on Twitter<\/p>\n

About The HSA<\/span> Foundation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The HSA<\/span> (Hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous Sys\u00adtem Archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre) Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon is a not-for-pro\u00adfit con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum of SoC IP<\/span> ven\u00addors, OEMs, aca\u00adde\u00admia, SoC ven\u00addors, OSVs and ISVs who\u00adse chal\u00adlen\u00adging the nor\u00admal of how who\u00adle sys\u00adtem archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre is struc\u00adtu\u00adred for com\u00adbing CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, and other acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors to bring about for\u00adward pro\u00adgress in computing\u2019s foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon to make it dra\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly easier to pro\u00adgram hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous par\u00adal\u00adlel devices. HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon is dri\u00adving this via Royal\u00adty Free Spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and open source soft\u00adware: HSA<\/span> run\u00adtimes and low level com\u00adpi\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon tools based on open source tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies like LLVM<\/span> and GCC<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon mem\u00adbers are buil\u00adding a hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous com\u00adpu\u00adte soft\u00adware eco\u00adsys\u00adtem which is roo\u00adted on open royal\u00adty free indus\u00adtry stan\u00addards. We are loo\u00adking to bring about appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons that blend sca\u00adlar pro\u00adces\u00adsing on the CPU<\/span>, par\u00adal\u00adlel pro\u00adces\u00adsing on the GPU<\/span>, and opti\u00admi\u00adzed pro\u00adces\u00adsing of DSP<\/span> via high band\u00adwidth shared memo\u00adry access with grea\u00adter appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon per\u00adfor\u00admance at low power con\u00adsump\u00adti\u00adon. HSA<\/span> Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon is defi\u00adning key inter\u00adfaces and for par\u00adal\u00adlel com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon uti\u00adli\u00adzing CPU<\/span>, GPU<\/span>, DSPs and other pro\u00adgramma\u00adble and fixed func\u00adtion devices, which will sup\u00adport a diver\u00adse set of high-level pro\u00adgramming lan\u00adguages crea\u00adting the next foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon in gene\u00adral pur\u00adpo\u00adse com\u00adpu\u00adting. Most important\u00adly we are dri\u00adving to bring grea\u00adter deve\u00adlo\u00adper pro\u00adduc\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty to hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous com\u00adpu\u00adting by remo\u00adving many of the bar\u00adriers of tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous pro\u00adg\u00adra\u00adming so they can focus on their algo\u00adrith\u00adms and not mana\u00adging sys\u00adtem resour\u00adces. One of the key attri\u00adbu\u00adtes of Cache Coher\u00adent Shared Vir\u00adtu\u00adal Memo\u00adry (\u201cCC-SVM<\/span>\u201d) is begin loo\u00adking at lar\u00adger data\u00adset then tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly sup\u00adport\u00aded by today co-pro\u00adces\u00adsor devices with fixed memo\u00adry pools. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, visit www.hsafoundation.com.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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