MICROSOFT GOING ALL-IN ON GPU COMPUTING
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SpykeZ




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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jun 2011 17:29    Post subject: MICROSOFT GOING ALL-IN ON GPU COMPUTING
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Microsoft today made an announcement that will accelerate the adoption of GPU computing (that is, the use of GPUs as a companion processor to CPUs). The software maker is working on a new programming language extension, called C++ AMP, with a focus on accelerating applications with GPUs.
With Microsoft now embracing GPUs in their future higher-level language and OS roadmap, it makes the decision to go with GPU computing even easier for those programmers still on the fence


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Mister_s




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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jun 2011 20:19    Post subject:
I still can't understand why it took so long to utilize the GPUs, which basically do shit when not playing games.
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