AMD, Acceleware to offer OpenCL education

SUNNYVALE, USA: AMD has announced a collaboration with Acceleware whereby the companies will deliver professional training programs to help developers learn how to create applications that comply with OpenCL standards.

This announcement follows AMD’s recent introduction of the OpenCL University Kit, a set of course materials designed for universities to teach semester-long courses in OpenCL programming.

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The jointly developed OpenCL courses from AMD and Acceleware are designed to support professional software developers by providing ongoing education opportunities around OpenCL, the non-proprietary industry standard for true heterogeneous computing across platforms.

"OpenCL helps developers harness the full power of the CPU and GPU to create rich and vivid computing experiences on a wide variety of devices,” said Manju Hegde, corporate vice president, AMD Fusion Experience Program.

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"Our work with Acceleware is another example of our commitment to supporting industry standards, and we’re excited to offer OpenCL learning opportunities for professional developers, which complement our previously announced OpenCL University kit.”

“The developer community is hungry for more education around open standards for software development, and we’re thrilled to work with AMD on this education series,” said Robert Miller, vice president of marketing and product management for Acceleware.

“We’re tapping top-notch developers to lead our training courses and know that participants will find the sessions to be highly valuable as they continue to build innovative new applications,” concluded Miller.