OpenCL is a standards-based programming language that allows the CPU and GPU to work together for faster and more efficient processing. OpenCL gives any application access to the graphics processing unit for non-graphical computing. Thus, OpenCL extends the power of the Graphics Processing Unit beyond graphics.
Check out this demo comparing OpenCL to C and a multi-threaded program.
Throughout 2011 I have been loyal subscription holder to the scientific magazine New Scientist.
I love it how each week I’m presented with the latest scientific discoveries that blow my mind.
So, what is New Scientist?
New Scientist reports on the very latest science and technology news, putting discoveries and advances in the context of everyday life. New Scientist relates the advancements of human knowledge to the broader impacts on society and culture, making it essential reading for people who ask why. – From: Amazon.com
Here are my top 5 hottest stories from 2011
New Scientist reveals that much of the DNA analysis now conducted in crime labs can suffer from worrying subjectivity and bias.
OPERA … announced that neutrinos traveling from CERN had apparently moved faster than light.
Schmidt recorded this movement using a motion tracking camera which fed numbers into his computer. What he was looking for was an equation describing the motion of the pendulums.
Note: I wrote an article over this here
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