Re: [Gcc-cfarm-users] GPGPU Nvidia => call for short projects description

2011-03-30 Thread Olivier Chafik
Hi Ludo', 2011/3/30 > However, my point is that there is currently no free software tool to > program NVIDIA’s GPUs. Well, I guess it would be easier to write such free software tools (including drivers) if free software developers had access to those NVIDIA GPUs, say, in the GNU build farm ;-

Re: [Gcc-cfarm-users] GPGPU Nvidia => call for short projects description

2011-03-30 Thread Olivier Chafik
Hi Ludo', 2011/3/30 > So, getting back to Laurent’s initial message, I wonder how using > NVIDIA’s proprietary software fits in the Compile Farm’s “mission”. > I would consider it an incentive for free software developers to depend > on NVIDIA’s proprietary software stack and strengthen its de

Re: [Gcc-cfarm-users] GPGPU Nvidia => call for short projects description

2011-03-29 Thread Olivier Chafik
2011/3/29 Ludovic Courtès > > Woow, looks very interesting, especially ScalaCL. > > From > I > see that kernels can be written “seamlessly”, which is nice. I suppose > it relies on the underlying OpenCL implementation for that.

Re: [Gcc-cfarm-users] GPGPU Nvidia => call for short projects description

2011-03-29 Thread Olivier Chafik
Hi Ludovic, 2011/3/29 Ludovic Courtès > What free software is there that would allow NVIDIA GPGPUs to be used? > There are some on the OpenCL / CUDA side (JavaCL and ScalaCL, to only name the ones I invested into ;-)) and some others on the OpenGL side (JOGL...). Cheers -- zOlive http://ochafi