AMD renews commitment to OpenGL API

SUNNYVALE, USA: AMD today announced its renewed commitment to the OpenGL 3D graphics API by offering OpenGL 3.0 support in ATI FirePro drivers.

OpenGL is a leading environment for developing interactive 3D graphics applications. AMD also announced the publication of high value OpenGL extensions backed by a promise of future support for the recently-announced OpenGL 3.1.

OpenGL helps foster innovation and speed application development by incorporating a broad set of rendering, texture mapping, special effects, and other powerful visualization functions.

Janet Matsuda, senior director, AMD Professional Graphics, said “AMD has long been an active participant in OpenGL API standards work. Extensions, such as tessellation, allow developers to take full advantage of powerful ATI FirePro graphics accelerators that provide performance, stability and visionary innovation for graphics professionals.”

“As a graphics toolkit provider, Redway3d is committed to offering the best 2D and 3D performance to its customers in addition to product quality and stability that fulfill long life maintenance requirements. AMD’s OpenGL extensions, such as tessellation, help Redway3d support that customer commitment. The OpenGL 3.0 architecture on graphics accelerators, such as ATI FirePro, creates very promising value potential for the RED engine SDK with zero migration effort,” said Lionel Schmitt, CEO for Redway3d.

Supported now with ATI Catalyst version 8.583 graphics drivers for ATI FirePro, OpenGL 3.0 marks its own milestone of re-invigoration of this cross-platform 2D and 3D graphics API.