HOT CHIPS 2013- HSA Foundation Presented Deeper Detail on HSA and HSAIL

Posted on August 26, 2013August 26, 2013 by gstoner

Wanting to find out more about HSA, at Hot Chips 2013, Phil Rogers ( AMD) , Ben Gaster ( Qualcomm), Ian Bratt ( ARM), and Ben Sander ( AMD)presented on HSA, HSA Memory Model, HSA Queueing Model and HSAIL this last Sunday. We now have the presentations posted in our developer publications page (http://107.170.238.52/publications/) and media presentations (http://107.170.238.52/pubs-presos/) as well as on HSA Foundation Slideshare. (http://www.slideshare.net/hsafoundation)

Dig into the material and see if you want join the exciting future of HSA enabled devices.

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HSAIL: Write-Once-Run-Everywhere for Heterogeneous Systems – IEEE article

Posted on August 23, 2013August 23, 2013 by gstoner

Ben Sander of AMD and Chien-Ping Lu MediaTek HSA Foundation Working group leader for HSA Programer Reference Manual pen a nice article on HSAIL and HSA technology

“Power efficiency has emerged as a primary design goal for modern silicon chips. Accelerators such as GPUs have well-known advantages in compute density per-watt and per-mm^2 – note for example that the systems at the top of the latest Green500 (http://www.green500.org/) and Top500 (http://www.top500.org/) lists are now based on heterogeneous designs.
However, these systems have traditionally been difficult to program, due to two challenges. First, many accelerators support only dedicated address spaces that require cumbersome copy operations and prevent the use of pointer-based data structures on both the accelerator and the host processor. Second, accelerator programming has traditionally required a specialized language such as OpenCL™ or CUDA™. Some of these specialized languages are only supported by a single hardware vendor, which further constrains their adoption.
An intermediate language called HSAIL is helping to address some of the challenges. One of the benefits of HSAIL is its portability across multiple vendor products. Compilers that generate HSAIL can be assured that the resulting code will be able to run on a wide variety of target platforms. HSAIL also provides existing programming languages with an efficient parallel intermediate language that runs on a wide variety of hardware. This provides the underlying infrastructure and brings the benefits of heterogeneous computing to existing, popular programming models such as Java™, OpenMP™, C++, and more”. ……….. read more at this link bellow
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/software%20engineering/content?g=53319&type=article&urlTitle=hsail%3A-write-once-run-everywhere-for-heterogenous-systems

HSA Foundation announces first specification

Posted on May 29, 2013May 29, 2013 by gstoner

HSA Foundation announces first specification
Programmer’s Reference Manual establishes framework for HSA ecosystem

Beaverton, OR, May 29, 2013 – The HSA Foundation has released Version 0.95 of its Programmer¹s Reference Manual. The HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) Foundation is a not-for-profit consortium dedicated to developing architecture specifications that unlock the performance and power efficiency of the parallel computing engines found in most modern devices. This is the first output from the HSA Foundation, who have been collaborating on this project since its founding in June 2012. It represents an important step in the development of the HSA Foundation¹s ecosystem because it enables software partners to develop libraries, tools and middleware and to code high performance kernels.

The Programmer¹s Reference Manual provides a standardized method of accessing all available computing resources in HSA-compliant systems. This enables a wide range of system resources to cooperate on parallelizable tasks. It has been specifically designed to perform in the most energy efficient way without compromising on performance. The goal is to enable a heterogeneous architecture that is easy to program, opens up new and rich user experiences and improves performance and quality of service, whilst reducing energy consumption.

The programming architecture detailed in the HSA Programmer¹s Reference Manual calls out features specifically exposed to programmers of the HSA architecture. HSA devices will typically include a broad class of devices, including GPUs and DSPs and support a number of key hardware features that enable easier developer programmability. These include shared coherent virtual memory, platform atomics, user mode queuing and GPU self-queuing.

These features, in conjunction with the correct software stack make programming all devices in an HSA architecture as easy as programming a CPU, and because of this, closer interlinking of processing on all devices is made possible. HSA abstracts away the native instruction set of the parallel processor through the HSA Intermediate Language (HSAIL). This language has been designed for parallel processing and can be translated on-the-fly to many native instruction sets, supporting innovations in different underlying hardware implementations through consistent HSAIL-compiled programs.

The HSA architecture also benefits existing APIs such as OpenCL and Renderscript through avoidance of wasteful copies, low-latency dispatch, improved memory model and shared virtual memory between all HSA devices.

The HSA Foundation continues to work on the next specifications which will detail the hardware system architecture, run-time details and compliance requirements.
See blog by HSA Foundation PRM Working Group Chair, Chien-Ping Lu, for a very personal and insightful commentary on the PRM odyssey and what it and HSA can mean to the community.

About the HSA Foundation
The HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) Foundation is a not-for-profit consortium for SoC IP vendors, OEMs, Academia, SoC vendors, OSVs and ISVs whose goal is to make it easy to program for parallel computing. HSA members are building a heterogeneous compute ecosystem, rooted in industry standards, for combining scalar processing on the CPU with parallel processing on the GPU while enabling high bandwidth access to memory and high application performance at low power consumption. HSA defines interfaces for parallel computation utilizing CPU, GPU and other programmable and fixed function devices, and support for a diverse set of high-level programming languages, thereby creating the next foundation in general purpose computing.

Quotes:
“AMD is pleased to see that the HSA Foundation is strongly united around making it natural, easy and fun for programmers to utilize the capability of heterogeneous platforms and to innovate in creating modern application with tremendous performance at low power,” says Manju Hegde, corporate vice president, Heterogeneous Solutions, AMD

ARM believes that we can tackle industry issues only by working together in partnership. ARM has collaborated with members of the HSA Foundation since early 2011 to help define standards for heterogeneous computing. This is the Foundation’s first publication and we hope that it is one of many steps forward towards realizing fully optimized applications,” said Jem Davies, vice president of Technology, Media Processing Division and Fellow, ARM. “The Manual enables many organizations to benefit from access to this information, which means that the software ecosystem will be able to create exciting new applications for a range of form factors and devices in energy-constrained systems.”

“Heterogeneous processing architectures represent the future of computing. As a founder member of the HSA, Imagination is delighted to play a role in driving APIs and tools that will help SoC designers create future computing platforms. The ratification of the HSAIL language specification is another step toward making heterogeneous processing usable by a far broader app developer community.” – Tony King-Smith, EVP Marketing, Imagination Technologies

“The latest version of the PRM by the HSA Foundation is an important first step in providing a standardized way to access a wide range of system resources. It will contribute greatly toward achieving higher system performance in smart devices.” — Dr. Seung-jong Choi, Senior Vice President SIC Lab, LG Electronics Inc.

“Mediatek is a staunch supporter of heterogeneous system architecture and very pleased with the public release of HSAIL. Opening and standardizing the interface between CPU and GPU allows for parallel operation of these 2 key processors in mobile chipsets, and most importantly, creates portability of high-level software applications.”, said Mohit Bhushan, VP & GM, MediaTek.

“As a leading supplier of low power, multicore GPU technologies for smaller, faster, cooler products, we are pleased to contribute to Version 0.95 of the HSA Programmer’s Reference Manual. This milestone builds the foundation for heterogeneous architectures to be productized in leading silicon solutions that have the most stringent die area and low power requirements,” stated Wei-Jin Dai, President and CEO of Vivante.

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HSA Foundation
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Tensilica Joins HSA Foundation to Help Establish Standards for Embedded Heterogeneous Computing

Posted on March 18, 2013March 18, 2013 by gstoner

Tensilica Joins HSA Foundation to Help Establish Standards for Embedded Heterogeneous Computing

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – March 19, 2013 –Tensilica®, Inc today announced that it has joined the HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) Foundation, a not-for-profit consortium dedicated to developing architecture specifications that will unlock the performance and power efficiency of parallel computing engines found in many modern devices. Tensilica will contribute its years of experience assisting customers in bringing heterogeneous multicore SoC (system-on-chip) designs to market to the development and promotion of standards for parallel computing.

“Tensilica is a long-established leader in multicore technology, delivering unique solutions that enable both control plane and compute-intensive dataplane functions,” stated Steve Roddy, Tensilica’s vice president of product marketing and business development. “Tensilica customers today use multiple Tensilica processors for diverse functions such as audio offload, wireless baseband, image processing and general purpose control. We welcome the efforts and ambitions of the HSA to bring standards to the market that will greatly facilitate innovation in embedded applications.”

“Tensilica is a recognized industry pioneer in dataplane processor technology and multicore solutions, and we look forward to their valued contributions to the HSA Foundation,”,said Greg Stoner, vice president and managing director of the HSA Foundation. “Tensilica’s dataplane processors are widely used by the world semiconductor leaders, and by embracing the standards established by the HSA Foundation, can reduce time-to-market while improving both performance and power efficiency.”
Tensilica’s DPUs (dataplane processing units) are used in chip designs for smartphones, digital televisions, tablets, personal and notebook computers, and storage and networking applications. These DPUs are most often used to offload and accelerate the compute-intensive tasks from the main CPU. Therefore, developing an efficient heterogeneous system architecture is of critical importance to designers using Tensilica’s DPUs.

About Tensilica
Tensilica, Inc. is the leader in dataplane processor IP core licensing with over 200 licensees. Dataplane processors (DPUs) combine the best capabilities of DSPs and CPUs while delivering 10 to 100x the performance because they can be optimized using Tensilica’s automated design tools to meet specific and demanding signal processing performance targets. Tensilica’s DPUs power SOC designs at system OEMs and seven out of the top 10 semiconductor companies for designs in mobile wireless, telecom and network infrastructure, computing and storage, and home and auto entertainment. Tensilica offers standard cores and hardware/software solutions that can be used as is or easily customized by semiconductor companies and OEMs for added differentiation. For more information on Tensilica’s patented, benchmark-proven DPUs visit www.tensilica.com.

About the HSA Foundation
The HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) Foundation is a not-for-profit consortium for SoC IP vendors, OEMs, academia, SoC vendors, OSVs and ISVs whose goal is to make it easy to program for parallel computing. HSA members are building a heterogeneous compute ecosystem, rooted in industry standards, for combining scalar processing on the CPU with parallel processing on the GPU while enabling high bandwidth access to memory and high application performance at low power consumption. HSA defines interfaces for parallel computation utilizing CPU, GPU and other programmable and fixed function devices, and support for a diverse set of high-level programming languages, thereby creating the next foundation in general purpose computing. For more information, visit www.hsafoundation.com.

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Happy Holidays From HSA Foundation

Posted on December 21, 2012December 21, 2012 by gstoner

Looking back at the last six month we have had exceptional acceptance of the bring HSA forward truly as standard. We are now at 22 companies and 5 academic members with still more coming in 2013.
It was just a little over year ago when I stepped into AMD to see how we could move HSA beyond a vision Phil Rogers and his team had at AMD to becoming a Industry Standard that truly scaled from deeply embedded devices, Smartphones, Smart TV’s, PC’s and also the way up to HPC class systems. We are now on the path to truly make this happen.
We have strong involvement form the best engineers and innovator from Apical, AMD, ARM, Arteris, Ceva, Codeplay, DMP, Fabric Engine, Imagination Technologies, LG, Marvell, MediaTek, MultiCoreWare, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sonic, ST, ST Ericsson, Symbio, Tensilica, TI, and Vivante all driving forward with single vision to drive innovation around heterogeneous computing.
I am also proud to say we have also started to attract some of best minds in academia to bring HSA to the next level. Feel good to be starting 2013 right.

Professor Simon McIntosh-Smith University of Bristol, Microelectronic Group
Professor Michael O’Boyle – University of Edinburgh Director of Institute for Computing Systems Architecture
Professor Sarita Adve – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ( Like to thank Hans Boehm for introduce us to Professor Adve )
Professor JenqKuen Lee NTHU Programing Language Lab
Professor Yeh-Ching Chung NTHU Systems Software Lab

One last thing, I am also happy to report we close on bringing our first specification to ratification: HSA Programer Reference Guide. After it is ratified we will be making this spec public sometime in Q1/2013.

Looking forward to the what 2013 has instore for HSA

Happy Holidays
Gregory Stoner
Managing Director
HSA Foundation

HSA Foundation Announces LG Electronics as Newest Member

Posted on October 31, 2012October 31, 2012 by gstoner

NEWS RELEASE

Contact:

Marco Peña

Edelman for HSA Foundation

(650) 762-2861

marco.pena@edelman.com

HSA Foundation Announces LG Electronics as Newest Member

– OEM support combined with a wave of new members set the stage to bring power-efficient HSA processing capabilities to consumer electronics –

AUSTIN, Texas – Oct. XX, 2012 – The Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation today announced that LG Electronics has joined as a member. LG’s diverse product portfolio and industry experience are valuable additions in helping HSA and its members reach common goals, ultimately benefiting consumers. With LG Electronics on board, new possibilities emerge as the fusion of HSA and LG’s current IP bring a whole new level of interactivity for consumers- from home appliances to entertainment systems, the HSA foundation acquires greater depth in the smartphone, tablets, TV, digital cameras, game consoles and even the E-reader space. This allows for an entire ecosystem of electronics that touch the lives of consumers throughout their day to be enhanced via a common Heterogeneous Systems Architecture.
The HSA Foundation continues working toward developing a single architecture specification that will unlock the performance and power efficiency of parallel computing engines found in many modern devices. These specifications also open up a more simplified approach to software development in heterogeneous environments which will enable a broad range of programmers to drive richer user experiences into their applications.
“LG is known for bringing innovative products to market, and their decision to embrace the HSA vision reinforces the importance of driving and developing a standard across the industry,” said Phil Rogers, HSA Foundation President and AMD Corporate Fellow. “With HSA, computing becomes more power efficient, enabling technology companies like LG to create unique and compelling experiences for consumers at home, work and on the go.”
“We are evaluating the SoC core technology trend and looking at bringing innovative, competitive SoCs to market,” said Seung-Jong Choi, vice president of DTV SoC Department, SIC Lab, LG Electronics Inc. “Joining the HSA Foundation is one of the ways we can continue to innovate SoCs, and I am confident we will achieve fruitful results.”
HSA President, Phil Rogers, will be speaking at this year’s ARM TechCon, during the Sensor Integration and Improved User Experiences at Even Lower Power session on November 1, 2012.
Since its formation in June, the HSA Foundation has more than doubled its membership with new Founder, Promoter, Supporter, Contributor and Associate members that have joined the consortium.
Current Founder members

AMD
ARM
Imagination Technologies
MediaTek Inc.
Qualcomm
Samsung Electronics
Texas Instruments

Supporting Resources

For additional information about the HSA Foundation visit: www.hsafoundation.com
Follow the HSA Foundation on Twitter: @HSAFoundation
“Like” the HSA Foundation on Facebook: www.facebook.com/HSAFoundation

About the HSA Foundation
The HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) Foundation is a not-for-profit consortium for SoC IP vendors, OEMs, academia, SoC vendors, OSVs and ISVs whose goal is to make it easy to program for parallel computing. HSA members are building a heterogeneous compute ecosystem, rooted in industry standards, for combining scalar processing on the CPU with parallel processing on the GPU while enabling high bandwidth access to memory and high application performance at low power consumption. HSA defines interfaces for parallel computation utilizing CPU, GPU and other programmable and fixed function devices, and support for a diverse set of high-level programming languages, thereby creating the next foundation in general purpose computing.

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DMP Joins Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation to Contribute Its Expertise in 3D Graphics and Common Compute

Posted on October 30, 2012October 30, 2012 by gstoner

DMP Joins Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation to Contribute Its Expertise in 3D Graphics and Common Compute

Tokyo, Japan– October30^th, 2012 – Digital Media Professionals Inc. (DMP), a leading provider of 2D/3D graphics Intellectual Property (IP) cores, today announced it has joined to be new member and contributor to Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation. HSA targets to push standard based architecture and interface for common computing use cases between CPU and GPU for the effective and hardware accelerated performance and power consumption in next generation compute platforms.

By supporting HSA Foundation initiative DMP wants to accelerate and simplify the application development for the mobile GPGPU platforms to benefit heterogeneous architectures and computing which enables smooth user experience for computer vision, image processing and graphics intensive applications in small consumer devices.

“Heterogeneous architectures on mobile GPGPU platforms will greatly benefit users looking for a seamless graphics and compute experience from their electronic devices,” said Greg Stoner vice president and managing director of the HSA Foundation. “With DMP’s commitment to driving the HSA standard forward, the integration of their technology in next generation mobile, embedded and consumer electronic platforms will change the way consumers interact with their devices.”

“We are thrilled to join HSA foundation as an active contributor and look forward to working with consortium to push and accelerate the usage of standard heterogeneous architecture in next generation mobile, embedded and consumer devices,” said Tatsuo Yamamoto, CEO of DMP. “We see that supporting the HSA DMP can expand and deepen our touch for application development ecosystem and several vertical industries that will benefit by using DMP graphics IP core for next generation consumer devices.”

About the HSA Foundation
The HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) Foundation is a not-for-profit consortium for SoC IP vendors, OEMs, academia, SoC vendors, OSVs and ISVs whose goal is to make it easy to program for parallel computing. HSA members are building a heterogeneous compute ecosystem, rooted in industry standards, for combining scalar processing on the CPU with parallel processing on the GPU while enabling high bandwidth access to memory and high application performance at low power consumption. HSA defines interfaces for parallel computation utilizing CPU, GPU and other programmable and fixed function devices, and support for a diverse set of high-level programming languages, thereby creating the next foundation in general purpose computing. Learn more about HSA and the HSA Foundation at www.hsafoundation.com.

About DMP
Digital Media Professionals Inc. (DMP)(TOKYO:3652) develops industry leading 2D and 3D graphics solutions to global consumer electronics, mobile, embedded and automotive markets. Company has been founded at Tokyo, Japan in 2002 and is currently developing several graphics IP cores based on the open Khronos™ Group standards and DMP’s cutting edge 3D graphics technology DMP Maestro Technology.

HSA Foundation Announces Qualcomm as Newest Founder Member

Posted on October 3, 2012October 3, 2012 by gstoner

NEWS RELEASE
Contact:
Greg Wood
Edelman for HSA Foundation
(650) 762-2838
greg.wood@edelman.com

HSA Foundation Announces Qualcomm as Newest Founder Member

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AUSTIN, Texas – Oct. 3, 2012 – The Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation today announced that Qualcomm Incorporated has joined as a Founder Member. Qualcomm’s commitment reinforces HSA as the next technological underpinning in computing for a broad range of platforms and devices. Since its formation in June, the HSA Foundation has more than doubled its membership with new Founder, Supporter, Contributor and Associate members that have joined the consortium.
Qualcomm joins AMD (NYSE: AMD), ARM, Imagination Technologies, MediaTek Inc., Samsung Electronics Ltd. and Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) as founder members of the HSA Foundation. The companies are working together to drive a single architecture specification, which simplifies the programming model for software developers on modern platforms and devices. The HSA Foundation will unlock the performance and power efficiency of the parallel computing engines found in heterogeneous processors.
“It’s great to see an innovative company like Qualcomm, which has revolutionized the wireless communications market, placing their support behind HSA,” said Phil Rogers, HSA Foundation President and AMD Corporate Fellow. “With HSA, computing becomes much more power efficient, enabling member companies like Qualcomm, to create unique and compelling experiences for the consumer.”
“Future Snapdragon processors from Qualcomm will contain substantially more computing performance and integrated parallel processing technology in order to meet the high performance, low power needs of our mobile customers,” said Jim Thompson, senior vice president of engineering at Qualcomm. “We believe that developers will be able to deliver faster and more innovative applications on future Snapdragon processors if certain aspects of heterogeneous computing are standardized, so we are pleased to join the HSA Foundation to help define open standards.”
HSA Foundation continues to build momentum throughout the industry and will be delivering technical presentations at the IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, Sept. 30 – Oct. 3, 2012; and at the 2012 ARM TechCon, Oct. 30 – Nov. 1.

Supporting Resources

For additional information about HSA and the HSA Foundation visit the HSA Foundation website at www.hsafoundation.com.
Follow the HSA Foundation on Twitter: @HSAFoundation.
“Like” the HSA Foundation on Facebook: www.facebook.com/HSAFoundation.

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HSA Foundation Announces Six New Members

Posted on August 31, 2012August 31, 2012 by gstoner

HSA Foundation Announces Six New Members

– ISVs and chip design companies add to the value chain to bring power-efficient HSA processing capabilities to market –

AUSTIN, Texas – Aug. 31, 2012 – Today the Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation announced six new members have joined the consortium. The HSA Foundation is pleased to welcome Apical, Arteris Inc., MulticoreWare Inc., Sonics, Symbio and Vivante Corporation to the membership roster. Each company is adding expertise to the HSA ecosystem by assisting with research, development, production, manufacture, use, and the sale of HSA IP and heterogeneous computing software.
These new members range from Supporter, Contributor and Associate-level members. Working closely with the founding members of AMD, ARM, Imagination Technologies, MediaTek Inc., Samsung Electronics and Texas Instruments (TI), the new members will contribute to the growing adoption of heterogeneous computing.
“As the word gets out about the HSA Foundation, we’re experiencing a groundswell of support from a wide range of companies that are interested in power-efficiency and heterogeneous computing,” said Greg Stoner, vice president and managing director of the HSA Foundation. “HSA will enable the next era of computing from mobile and embedded to HPC and cloud computing, but it requires having a full value chain in place from silicon to IP to ISVs.”
New Member Quotes

Apical – a leader in advanced image processing technology

“We are living in a world of screens where visuals have become the preferred choice of how we communicate,” said Michael Tusch, chief executive officer of Apical. As a new member of the HSA Foundation, we look forward to leveraging heterogeneous computing to deliver advanced digital imaging and display technologies that will improve the user experience.”

Arteris – a leading supplier of network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect IP solutions

“HSA will usher in a new era of advanced processing capabilities,” said K. Charles Janac, president and chief executive officer of Arteris. “To optimize for power and performance, we will provide network-on-chip interconnect IP and system IP that will make HSA systems-on-chip more efficient, minimizing power consumption and size for consumer electronics, mobile, automotive and other applications.”

MulticoreWare – a leading software tool and library provider

“MulticoreWare has been at the forefront of providing developer tools and libraries that leverage heterogeneous computing,” said AGK Karunakaran, president and chief executive officer of MulticoreWare. “As HSA takes hold as an industry standard and becomes the interface for parallel computing, we will provide the tools, libraries and support to semiconductor vendors with their HSA supported SDKs and developers at ISVs that want to optimize their applications for the next era of computing performance.”

Sonics – a leading supplier of system IP for cloud-scale SoCs

“Technology companies are rushing to deliver products that satisfy the growing appetite for connected devices and content,” said Jack Browne, vice president of marketing at Sonics. “Our broad portfolio of system IP, which includes network, memory, power and security subsystems, helps leading SoC vendors build better chips, faster and at lower cost. Sonics’ support of HSA will further accelerate SoC and OEM vendors’ time-to-market and put the next-generation of connected devices in consumers’ hands sooner.”

Symbio – a leading provider of R&D innovation services and outsourced product development solutions

“The Symbio engineering team has been somewhat bound by the limitations of traditional processor and graphics architectures,” said Jarkko Kemppainen, director, Technology Program at Symbio. “With HSA we have an opportunity to unbind these limitations by utilizing new heterogeneous architecture. We’re just scratching at the surface of all the possibilities as performance of many of the algorithms and usage cases will be significantly improved.”

Vivante – a worldwide leader in graphics and GPU Compute technologies for handheld, consumer and embedded devices

“The heterogeneous computing revolution has taken a huge step forward with the formation of an open standard driven by HSA Foundation. As a global innovator in graphics and GPU technologies, Vivante is excited to join the foundation as it defines a hybrid platform architecture that takes full advantage of the massively parallel processing cores in our GPUs,” said Wei-Jin Dai, president and chief executive officer of Vivante. “We look forward to collaborating with ecosystem partners as we bring exciting hybrid computing initiatives to future mobile, consumer, and embedded devices.”
Supporting Resources

For additional information about HSA and the HSA Foundation visit the HSA Foundation web site at www.hsafoundation.com.
Check out the latest whitepaper about HSA here.
Check out a video about the Surround Computing Era here.
Follow the HSA Foundation on Twitter: @HSAFoundation.
“Like” the HSA Foundation on Facebook: www.facebook.com/HSAFoundation.

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HSA Foundation President to Deliver Opening Day Keynote at IFA 2012

Posted on August 29, 2012August 29, 2012 by gstoner

HSA Foundation President to Deliver Opening Day Keynote at IFA 2012

– Phil Rogers to reveal the next era of computing innovation –

AUSTIN, Texas – Aug. 29, 2012 – The Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation today announced that Phil Rogers, HSA Foundation President and AMD Corporate Fellow, is one of two featured keynote speakers on opening day of IFA 2012, Friday, Aug. 31. Phil’s keynote titled, “The Next Era of Computing Innovation,” will examine the rapidly evolving computing and consumer electronics markets and show how new technologies are rapidly changing the way users interact with their electronics.
From the use of gestures to augmented reality and biometric recognition to the ever expanding video-centric world that we live in, this keynote will not just ask audience members to imagine a place, but will show them innovative applications that are available today as well as what’s coming. The HSA Foundation invites IFA 2012 attendees to join Phil and other industry leaders in the International Keynote Area, Hall 6.3 on Friday from 3:00 to 3:45 p.m.
Supporting Resources

For additional information about IFA keynotes visit http://b2b.ifa-berlin.com/en/EVENTS/InternationalKeynotes/
Learn more about HSA and the HSA Foundation at www.hsafoundation.com.
Follow the HSA Foundation on Twitter: @HSAFoundation.
“Like” the HSA Foundation on Facebook: www.facebook.com/HSAFoundation.