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CTM = Close To Metal

AMD has announced a new thin hardware interface called CTM (Close to Metal) for increasing processing application performance almost eight times more than traditional 3D application programming interfaces (APIs).

Using CTM, software developers can, as AMD says, put the "pedal to the metal" for emerging stream computing applications.

With CTM, developers can get unfazed access to the native instruction set and memory of massively parallel computational elements in AMD Stream Processors.

CTM offers developers the low-level and repeatable access to hardware that is essential for development of tools like compilers, debuggers, math libraries, and application platforms.

Simply put, CTM can transform stream processors into powerful and programmable architectures similar to today's CPUs.

ATM intends to deploy CTM to increasingly promote a software environment that is conducive to the growth of stream computing.

Presently, over 60 companies and research organizations are a part of CTM trial programs. These institutions are striving to bring the best-of-breed development software to market.

Marty Seyer, Senior Vice President of the Computational Product Group at AMD, said, "Using CTM today, AMD is working with a number of companies to deliver the tools ecosystem for stream computing. As part of our Torrenza initiative and CTM, AMD is enabling companies to work with best-of-breed vendors that understand how to optimize their software across all processor architectures, whether in stream processors or high-performance CPUs."

As of now, CTM is available to developers to license at no cost.

Source: http://www.techtree.com/India/News/A...77408-581.html