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Debug OpenCL™ on Linux® with gDEBugger 6.2
Thank you for using gDEBugger and helping the tool get better by providing your continued feedback and forum posts. As part of AMD’s commitment to developer tools for heterogeneous compute platforms, I am excited to introduce you to gDEBugger 6.2. … Continue reading
5 minutes work for up to 5% more Hadoop performance
Lately we have been working on studying and trying to improve the performance of Apache Hadoop. In the spring my coworker Shrinivas Joshi created a great Hadoop tuning reference poster: http://blogs.amd.com/developer/2011/07/12/apache-hadoop-performance-tuning-methodologies-and-best-practices-%E2%80%93-a-downloadable-reference-guide/ This week I made a pleasant discovery that would … Continue reading
CodeAnalyst Linux 2.9 has been released
AMD CodeAnalyst Software Utility for Linux® 2.9 has been released and it features many improvements including a streamlined session settings workflow. If you cannot wait to get your hands on it, go straight to the AMD CodeAnalyst Utility for Linux … Continue reading
Huge Pages and NUMA issues on Linux®
Many Java applications, especially those using large heaps, can benefit from what the operating systems call large or huge pages. In the x86 architecture, these are pages that are larger than the default 4K byte pages, usually 2MB. See the … Continue reading
Running AMD Stream Applications Remotely Under Linux
A common question the AMD Stream Team gets over the forums and which gets sent to streamdeveloper@amd.com is: “How can I run my Brook+/CAL program under Linux® without having to sit at the X console or log in first?” While … Continue reading
Myths and facts about 64-bit Linux®
Myths “You don’t need 64-bit software with less than 3 GB RAM” “There are less drivers for 64-bit OS” “You will need all new software, all 64-bit” “64-bit software is twice as fast” AMD’s 64-bit architecture extension AMD64 introduces one … Continue reading
Boosting KVM's performance with nested paging
As opposed to XEN, KVM is an in-kernel hypervisor for Linuxtm that lets you run unmodified guests like Linux (both 32 bit and 64 bit) as well as Windowstm in every kind of flavor. KVM requires hardware support like AMD’s … Continue reading
Introducing the AMD Operating System Research Center Blog
Hello from AMD’s OSRC. Let me give a brief introduction of who we are and what our job at AMD is. Founded one and a half years ago, we have grown to a team size of roughly two dozen people, … Continue reading
Welcome to AMD High Performance Computing (HPC)
Hi everyone. I’m John McCrae. I work on the Microsoft team here at AMD. AMD is dedicated to providing its HPC customers (both Windows and Linux) with the tools they need to be successful with AMD hardware. This blog promises … Continue reading
