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"This book is just one more example of how AMD enables the university and the developer communities with information and tools they need to embrace OpenCL and other common platforms," said Manju Hegde, corporate vice president, AMD Fusion Experience Program. "The continued adoption of OpenCL will significantly expand the possibilities for software vendors and developers, leading to a wide array of innovative applications and new experiences that benefit from massively parallel processing. There is a resultant need for education and training of the university community which this book will meet."
"We are seeing increasing demand for reference resources about common APIs," said Todd Green, senior acquisitions editor of Morgan Kaufmann. "Application development across the PC, tablet and smartphone markets are red hot in terms of reader interest. We thank AMD and Northeastern University for shedding light on the common platforms and parallel computing movement; it's a must-read book for every developer."
The book was co-authored by several industry and academic leaders from AMD and Northeastern University, including:
- Benedict Gaster, OpenCL architect, AMD
- Lee Howes, member of technical staff, AMD
- David R. Kaeli, director of the Northeastern University Computer Architecture Research Laboratory (NUCAR), co-leader of the Northeastern University Institute for Information Assurance (IIA) and associate dean of Undergraduate Programs in the College of Engineering at Northeastern University
- Perhaad Mistry, Ph.D Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University
- Dana Schaa, Ph.D Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University
Heterogeneous Computing with OpenCL is expected to be available in print and electronic formats in August 2011 from many major booksellers. The book provides detailed examples that illustrate the power and elegance of OpenCL to handle image processing, web plug-ins, random number generation, video processing and more.
Resources
- Pre-order your copy of Heterogeneous Computing with OpenCL
- View five-part OpenCL training video series on YouTube
- Visit AMD Developer Central
- Learn more about the AMD Fusion Developer Summit
- Follow AMD updates on Twitter at @AMDSoftware
- Follow Morgan Kaufmann updates on Twitter at @Morgan_Kaufmann
- Learn more about AMD Fusion Accelerated Processing Units (APUs)
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