[Bf-funboard] Physical Memory and Cycles

[Brecht Van Lommel]

Let me say that I don't think this is true at all. There's no reason
to think that AMD is purposefully crippling their OpenCL drivers.

Most likely it's just that NVidia cards have more CPU like features,
or that their compiler design is more geared toward such things as
they had Gelato and iRay to learn from.

Brecht.

On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 6:39 AM, Patrick Shirkey
<pshirkey at boosthardware.com> wrote:
> The issue is that AMD have purposefully crippled the OpenCL drivers by
> inlining all the compiled kernel code which requires excessive amounts of
> physical memory and takes a very long time to compile.
>
> They say they are working on a fix but they truth is they have known
> exactly what they were doing from the start. They simply don't want openCL
> to be complete as it would make a big impact for other open source
> projects which do not pay them kickbacks (M$) and compete with the
> proprietary projects their mates are being sponsored to build with AMD's
> ever dwindling cash supply.
>
> It's a game that has been played for a while. In this case the Blender
> devs have caught them with their hand in the coookie jar so now they have
> egg on their face and might be forced to do something about it.
>
> Don't expect it to happen quickly though as AMD are completely beholden to
> M$, APPLE, and the US Military (via the Carlyle Group who are major
> shareholders in Mubadala which is the parent company of AMD).