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What type of programming model does AMD use for AMD FireStream?

April 26, 2017AMD firestream model Programming type

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What type of programming model does AMD use for AMD FireStream?

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AMD encourages a pure streaming/SIMD model for AMD FireStream. A few enhancements like data sharing are useful for a small subset of applications. However data sharing in a SIMD environment brings its own challenges and should to be used with utmost care. In fact if used incorrectly performance might actually degrade.