AMD OpenCL Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) Software Development Kit (SDK)

1. Introduction

AMD APP SDK is a software development kit by AMD for Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP). AMD APP SDK also targets Heterogeneous System Architecture (not only GPU).

AMD APP SDK was available for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows and Linux but was removed from AMD’s official website.

1.1 History

AMD APP SDK replaced AMD Stream SDK (formerly named ATI Stream SDK). AMD CAL (Compute Abstraction Layer) SDK was replaced by ATI Stream SDK, available for Microsoft Windows and Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit.

2. AMD OpenCL APP SDK

AMD OpenCL™ Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) Software Development Kit (SDK)

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3. AMD ROCm™

https://rocmdocs.amd.com/en/latest/
Radeon Open Compute, designed to be a successor to the AMD APP SDK
Radeon Open Compute 是 AMD APP SDK 的后继软件。

successor [səkˈsesə(r)]：n. 继任者，接替者，接替的事物，后继的事物

4. Radeon™ Software for Linux® Installation

https://amdgpu-install.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_APP_SDK

GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs / OCL-SDK
https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/OCL-SDK/releases

AMD OpenCL Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) Software Development Kit (SDK)