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A graphic shift in performance.
Now a new technology in Mac OS X Snow Leopard called OpenCL takes the power of graphics processors and makes it available for general-purpose computing. No longer will graphics processors be limited to graphics-intensive applications such as games and 3D modeling. Instead, once developers begin to use OpenCL in their applications, you’ll experience greatly improved speed in a wide spectrum of applications.
Now a new technology in Mac OS X Snow Leopard called OpenCL takes the power of graphics processors and makes it available for general-purpose computing. No longer will graphics processors be limited to graphics-intensive applications such as games and 3D modeling. Instead, once developers begin to use OpenCL in their applications, you’ll experience greatly improved speed in a wide spectrum of applications.
This is not a new technology however... NVidia have had their CUDA Technology out for some time with it best used in BADABOOM, a GPU accelerated video converter... ( http://www.badaboomit.com/ ) It allows videos to be converted much faster, around 450 to 500 fps on my 9800GT compared to the 80 fps in Nero 9... The only reason that CUDA dosen't have the same software like OpenCL claims will follow, is because not much is being developed. What is being developed is here
http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_home.html#
So why have Apple basically taken the idea of CUDA, and changed the name to a nice OpenCL. I guess it makes sense, with Apple working in conjunction with NVidia, but why rename it as a new technology.... Why not say "Using NVidia's revolutionary new technologies ..."
Oppinions???
