OpenCL™ (Open Computing Language) is the first truly open and royalty-free programming standard for general-purpose computations on heterogeneous systems. OpenCL™ allows programmers to preserve their expensive source code investment and easily target multi-core CPUs, GPUs, and the new APUs.

Developed in an open standards committee with representatives from major industry vendors, OpenCL™ gives users what they have been demanding: a cross-vendor, non-proprietary solution for accelerating their applications on CPU, GPUs and APUs.

AMD, an early supporter of OpenCL™, and leading innovator and provider of high-performance CPUs and GPUs, is uniquely positioned in this industry to offer a complete acceleration platform for OpenCL™.

Developer and technology partners have created several applications, libraries and technology demonstrations taking advantage of AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP)-acceleration. These applications and demonstrations showcase how AMD APP technology and OpenCL™ can help improve performance and overall computational efficiency:

• AMD APP Developer Showcase

Mike Houston (AMD System Architect) talks about how OpenCL™ came about, the advantages for the user and gives a short introduction to OpenCL™.