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> I wonder if combining ARM with GPGPU could help it push into x86 platforms... OpenCL's the name of the game, but ARM missed that train when it had the chance
by wlievens 16y ago
> I wonder if combining ARM with GPGPU could help it push into x86 platforms...
OpenCL's the name of the game, but ARM missed that train when it had the chance (and the tech) in-house and got rid of it.
- pavlov 16y agoSounds interesting, can you explain what you're referring to?
- wlievens 16y agoOpenCL is a proposed framework for GPGPU-like computing. I worked at ARM in their Belgian office, and when they announced considering shutting us down, one of the alternative proposals was to redesign the technology we were working on to suit OpenCL. It wouldn't have been trivial but it was certainly possible. ARM never took the proposal under consideration, either because they're not interested in OpenCL or because they have different plans lined up for it.