With the recent announcement of AMD Smart Access Memory it seemed to be the right time to write about the different types of memories available to be used by applications targeting dedicated GPUs. This article aims to provide an introduction to different memory pools within such a system, their access characteristics, and why enabling access to the entire VRAM through the PCI-Express bus could be a game changer.
Article about the new API improvements and hardware features brought by the latest version of OpenGL.
Article in response to AMD implementing part of the proposed enhancements to the OpenGL 4.0 draw indirect feature which enables issuing multiple draws with parameters sourced from a buffer.
Demo presenting an alternative edge detection algorithm to the well-known Sobel operator with accompanying source code that allows visualizing the difference between the two filters.
Expected and suggested features to be included in future revisions of the OpenGL specification.
Article presenting the memory access performance characteristics of AMD’s Evergreen-class GPUs.
Article presenting the GPU based geometry LOD selection algorithm used in the OpenGL 4.0 – Mountains demo.
Article presenting the GPU based occlusion culling algorithm used in the OpenGL 4.0 – Mountains Demo.
