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From: dirk@vana.cs.kuleuven.be. (Dirk Craeynest)
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Subject: NVIDIA opens up CUDA compiler for other languages
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:05:53 +0000 (UTC)
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Summary: Interesting for Ada?
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Just read the following announcement:

<quote>
NVIDIA Opens Up CUDA Compiler

GPU maker NVIDIA is going to make its CUDA compiler runtime source
code, and internal representation format public, opening up the
technology for different programming languages and processor
architectures. [...]

Read More: <http://www.hpcwire.com/ct/uz5609392Biz12256180>"
</quote>

The full announcement says the LLVM compiler infrastructure will be
used as the vehicle for the public CUDA source code.  The main idea
seems to be to allow others to use the technology (among others)
with programming languages that NVIDIA is not pursuing themselves.

Interesting for Ada?

Dirk