AMD APP SDK

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AMD APP SDK
Original author(s)Advanced Micro Devices
Final release
3.0 (3.0.130 Linux) / August 25, 2015 (2015-08-25)
Preview release
3.0 Beta / December 9, 2014 (2014-12-09)
Operating systemLinux, Microsoft Windows
Typesoftware development kit
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20170628060105/https://developer.amd.com/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk (downloads do not function)
The entropy encode from the VCE ASIC can be utilized with the help of AMD APP SDK.

AMD APP SDK is a software development kit by AMD for "Accelerated Parallel Processing" (APP).[1] AMD APP SDK also targets Heterogeneous System Architecture (not only GPU).[2]

AMD APP SDK was available for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows and Linux but was removed from AMD's official website.[3] A developer stated in a forum post that the SDK was discontinued as the required libraries are now included with the drivers.[4]

AMD intends developers to employ AMD APP SDK to utilize Video Coding Engine hybrid mode to create hybrid encoders that pair custom motion estimation, inverse discrete cosine transform and motion compensation with the hardware entropy encoding to achieve faster than real-time encoding.

The AMD APP SDK v3.0 supports OpenCL 2.0 and Catalyst Omega 15.7 driver, also it includes samples for OpenCL as well as accelerated libraries such as Bolt (an open-source C++ template library) and the OpenCL accelerated OpenCV (Open Computer Vision) library. This last version can be downloaded with the aid of StackOverflow.[5]

History

AMD APP SDK replaced AMD Stream SDK (formerly named ATI Stream SDK). AMD CAL (Compute Abstraction Layer) SDK was replaced by ATI Stream SDK, available for Microsoft Windows and Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit. As of February 2021, there are few signs on the AMD official web site that AMD APP SDK ever existed.

References

  1. ^ "AMD APP SDK OpenCL Accelerated Parallel Processing". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  2. ^ "Opencl - What's the difference between AMD's APP SDK and (AMD) ATI's Stream Technology?".
  3. ^ "Is AMD APP SDK 3.0 no longer available on AMD website? · Issue #1511 · fireice-uk/XMR-stak". GitHub.
  4. ^ "Where to find AMD APP SDK 3.0 for Linux?". 30 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Download OpenCL AMD APP SDK 3.0 for windows and linux".