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More Updates From Radeon Technology Summit
As part II of this update, these are the three upcoming announcements on the GPUOpen and Linux Open Source Strategy from AMD’s Radeon Technologies Group (RTG). GPUOpen for Gaming As a continuation of the strategy we started with Mantle, we are giving even more control of the GPU to developers. As console developers have benefited from low-level access to the GPU, AMD wants to continue to bring this level of access to the PC space. AMD GPUOpen for gaming is giving developers the ability to harness the investments they’ve made on console development, including feature-rich, close-to-the-metal programming, and bring that to life on PC game development. Game developers will now have direct access to GPU hardware, access to a large collection of open source effects, tools, libraries and S...
Radeon Technology Group Summit Updates
Radeon Technologies group has announced new updates to its visual display technologies. The evolution of AMD FreeSync AMD is enabling FreeSync support over HDMI in early 2016, making smooth gaming experiences more accessible to everyone. FreeSync through HDMI will be supported on all AMD APUs and GPUs that already support FreeSync via DisplayPort, and AMD is working with ecosystem partners including LG, Samsung and Acer to deliver FreeSync over HDMI-compatible displays. Potential use cases include: More affordable mainstream monitors, 70% of which lack a DisplayPort connector External monitors for notebooks with an HDMI port connected to FreeSync-ready Radeon graphics AMD is also introducing the first notebook with a validated AMD FreeSync panel, the Lenovo Y700. The Lenovo Y700 features t...