From the release notes:

ATI Stream SDK 2.0 is the first production SDK for both AMD GPUs and x86 CPUs. This release supports a wide range of ATI graphics processors, including the new ATI Radeon HD 5970, and provides support for OpenCL ICD (Installable Client Driver), atomic functions for 32-bit integers, a Microsoft Visual Studio 2008-integrated ATI Stream Profiler performance analysis tool, and other robust features. Preview support for upcoming features include OpenCL and Microsoft DirectX 10 interoperability, and double-precision floating point basic arithmetic in OpenCL C kernels.

AMD’s STREAM SDK v2.0 beta4 is the first release of the STREAM SDK with OpenCL support on CPUs and GPUs. The OpenCL implementation is certified OpenCL 1.0 conformant by the Khronos group. Supported platforms are Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7, and a number of Linux distributions, all in 32 and 64-bit. The implementation supports AMD and Intel multicore CPUs, as well as the two latest GPU generations from AMD.

The STREAM SDK as well as documentation and further information is available on AMD’s developer website.

AMD announced its latest ATI Radeon™ series of graphics cards on September 23rd.  The new GPUs boast up to 2.72 GFLOP/s of single-precision floating point throughput, along with DirectX® 11 graphics (including DirectCompute) and OpenCL 1.0 support.

From the press release:

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today launched the most powerful processor ever created¹, found in its next-generation graphics cards, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series graphics cards, and the world’s first and only to fully support Microsoft DirectX® 11², the new gaming and compute standard shipping shortly with Microsoft Windows® 7operating system. Boasting up to 2.72 TeraFLOPS of compute power, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series effectively doubles the value consumers can expect of their graphics purchases, delivering twice the performance-per-dollar of previous generations of graphics products.³ AMD will initially release two cards: the ATI Radeon HD 5870 and the ATI Radeon HD 5850, each with 1GB GDDR5 memory. With the ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series of graphics cards, PC users can expand their computing experience with ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology, accelerate their computing experience with ATI Stream technology, and dominate the competition with superior gaming performance and full support of Microsoft DirectX® 11, making it a “must-have” consumer purchase just in time for Microsoft Windows® 7 operating system.

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From a press release:

ATI Stream is a set of advanced hardware and software technologies that enable AMD graphics processors (GPU), working in concert with the system’s central processor (CPU), to accelerate many applications beyond just graphics. This enables better balanced platforms capable of running demanding computing tasks faster than ever*.

November 13 News Summary

• On December 10, AMD plans to release for download a free ATI Catalyst™ driver update that instantly unlocks new ATI Stream acceleration capabilities already built into millions of ATI Radeon™ graphics cards.
• ATI Stream-enabled software titles for entertainment, gaming and productivity are being released or are under development by a growing list of the world’s top independent software vendors (ISVs), including ArcSoft and CyberLink.
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