GPU computing with ATI Radeon

[mfuerst]

Hello,

Is there any way to use the LabView GPU Analysis Toolkit with non-Nvidia GPUs?

All the information I find either does not tell or is quite old (~5 years ago, I'm pretty sure Nvidia was the only option).

So basically, I was wondering if by now it's possible to use different cards or not.

Thank you,

Martin

[rolfk · Accepted solution]

The GPU Toolkit interfaces to the CUDA software architecture. I don't think that there is even an inofficial release of CUDA driver software for ATI cards. ATI has focused entirely on OpenCL as interface to their cards and in fact even Nvidia seems to support that nowadays to some degree.

So the information you found is still actual.

[mfuerst]

Alright, I was afraid so 🙂

I was hoping that maybe somehow LabView started to support OpenCL or that I was just oblivious about any obvious tweaks of how to make CUDA ATI-compatible...

Thanks for the answer!

[Sam_Sharp · Accepted solution]

CUDA is an nVidia technology so only supported by their cards.

There is a library/toolkit for OpenCL and LabVIEW: http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/211893

[mfuerst]

Wow, that looks really promising!

I will be trying that,

thanks a lot!