By: lurker (lurker9000.delete@this.realemail.mail), October 30, 2015 8:44 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com) on October 30, 2015 8:16 am wrote:
> That's simply not going to happen for AMD. They do not have the software stack and
> toolchain to really enable people to use the GPU for HPC. If you look at NV's or Intel's
> HPC strategy, it is clear that they acutally have a vision that encompasses all the
> elements needed (software, storage, networking, etc.). AMD simply does not.
>
> David
I have to agree there, AMD really doesn't focus enough on software. When they announced HSA I thought they really were going to be more aggressive on the software front, but so far the best they can offer is CodeXL to ease debugging and that's really not enough.
But hey, they wouldn't be planning an HPC APU if they didn't have some sort of strategy behind it, right?
> That's simply not going to happen for AMD. They do not have the software stack and
> toolchain to really enable people to use the GPU for HPC. If you look at NV's or Intel's
> HPC strategy, it is clear that they acutally have a vision that encompasses all the
> elements needed (software, storage, networking, etc.). AMD simply does not.
>
> David
I have to agree there, AMD really doesn't focus enough on software. When they announced HSA I thought they really were going to be more aggressive on the software front, but so far the best they can offer is CodeXL to ease debugging and that's really not enough.
But hey, they wouldn't be planning an HPC APU if they didn't have some sort of strategy behind it, right?
