For the past couple of years, graphics chip maker Nvidia’s big strategic thrust has been to make its chips capable of more than just graphics processing. It unveiled its own CUDA processing ...

A new version of the interface makes software running on graphics chips more self-reliant and better at sharing data with conventional software running on CPUs. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

OpenCL is the an open, royalty-free standard for cross-platform, parallel programming of modern processors found in personal computers, servers, and handheld/embedded devices. OpenCL greatly improves ...

As noted by CNet, one of the areas of focus in Intel's next generation Ivy Bridge processors is the graphics processing unit (GPU). Anandtech reports that Intel expects there to be a 60% improvement ...

Java is a programming language that allows developers to write once and deploy everywhere -– from high-end gaming desktops to smartphones. Its OS-agnostic and widespread nature is one of its strongest ...

As neat as the Kindle Fire HD already is, just a few dinky tweaks could turn it into so much more -- a platform for true physics-based gaming, for example, or even for surprisingly fast photo ...

Intel has updated its graphics drivers for users of 4th generation Core processors. The headline benefits to updating your Haswell based system's drivers is that the integrated graphics component will ...

Don’t let your gaming card loaf around anymore. Free benchmark Luxmark can give it an OpenCL education, complete with a final grade. As graphics cards have grown more complex and powerful over the ...

While Adobe is busily showing off its latest and greatest wares at NAB 2013 this week, AMD is banging the drum for the major upgrades that it helped bake into the next version of Adobe Premiere Pro ...

Apple was stingy with details about Snow Leopard when it briefly previewed the next version of OS X at this summer’s Worldwide Developers Conference. But based on the company’s public statements about ...

Java is a programming language that allows developers to write once and deploy everywhere -– from high-end gaming desktops to smartphones. Its OS-agnostic and widespread nature is one of its strongest ...