ADIT Episode #12: Introduction to AMD SimNow™
Do you ever wish that you had access to future processors with new technology features before they are even produced? Download AMD SimNow™ and get exactly that. This episode of the AMD Developer Inside Track featuresJuan Flores, Member of Technical … Continue reading
ADIT Episode #11: Intro to ACML
This is an introduction to the AMD Core Math Library that covers what it is, who it is for, what platforms it works on, and where to find support. Continue reading
ADIT #8: How to Optimize Image Convolution
When I hear about typical optimization efforts from engineers by the water cooler, they’re usually talking about 10 – 20% gain as being a good goal. Rarely do I hear about results that were twice as fast, or more… until … Continue reading
ADIT Episode #7: GDC 2010 Demos, Cloth, Destruction, Tesselation & More!
This month’s episode of the AMD Developer Inside Track brings AMD demo’s from the Game Developers Conference 2010 to you! Saif Ali, Software Engineer in the Advanced Technology Group, walks us through three examples of how OpenCL can now … Continue reading
ADIT Episode #6: Using CPUID
There is a lot of information you can gather using the CPUID instruction. In this month’s episode of the AMD Developer Inside Track is on “Using CPUID”, I asked Randy VanderHeyden, a 17 year AMD veteran, what is CPUID, when should … Continue reading
ADIT Episode #5: AMD x86 Open64 Compiler Team Talks about Features and Optimization Flags
It is the mission of the AMD Developer Inside Track (ADIT for short), to get you helpful tips straight from source. Luckily, the Open64 team was willing to participate! This video features Mike Vermeulen – manager of the AMD Open64 … Continue reading
ADIT, Episode #2: OpenCL Introduction
AMD has always been an advocate of open standards that build on and extend proven technologies (example: x86-64)W. As such, it is a natural fit for AMD to embrace OpenCL as part of its ATI Stream offering. But, just what … Continue reading
ADIT Episode#1: Taking Advantage of Multi-Core
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to host a panel discussion on application development and multi-core at CommunityOne West this year. It was a fantastic opportunity to meet and work with software experts who are in the trenches and … Continue reading
Introducing the AMD Developer Inside Track – a New Monthly Video Series
I’m a member of AMD’s software division (and yes, you read it correctly – I said software). It turns out that a lot of people are surprised to hear that AMD has a software division. I can’t count the number … Continue reading
