AMD and ARM's new CPU/GPU virtual ISA

Re:AMD and ARM's new CPU/GPU virtual ISA by xpaulbettsx on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @07:07PM (#2685807)

I think it's bigger than that - the idea that a GPU can execute syscalls is pretty crazy if you really buy into it (i.e. the entire OS is running using this heterogenous environment)

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Re:AMD and ARM's new CPU/GPU virtual ISA by jgmatpdx on Thursday June 23, 2011 @04:14AM (#2687119)

This is possible now [1]. FSA will (hopefully) make it significantly more efficient.

[1] http://www.idav.ucdavis.edu/publications/print_pub?pub_id=10...

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