> Of course being in a console doesn't mean a lot for success, just > look at Cell..
yes, interesting comparison. cell introduced moderately interesting hardware (vaguely GPU-like) with a programming model that was fairly challenging. (and not just because it was a specialized power variant.) to me HSA is doing two things: simpler, integrated memory model and intermediate language (/platform) that seems to expand on the Cuda IL concept. I think the memory part is an obvious win, but whether they can pull off the HSA ecosystem remains to be seen. (to be fair, none of the HSA stuff has really shipped, since current APUs are just CPU+GPU co-resident...) regards, mark hahn _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
