You can do that on both HIP and cuda through e.g. hipHostMalloc and the cuda equivalent (Not officially supported on the AMD APUs but works in practice). With a discrete GPU the GPU will access memory across PCIe but on an APU it will go full speed to RAM as far as I can tell.
Did anyone evaluate this compared to using api access through an external gui (i.e. continue.dev). For software dev did the cost end up higher? I am thinking this is can be more convenient (and I suppose engineers can more easily use it outside work as a perk). Given practical use across a team will vary you get a lower price when using api and perhaps additional opportunity for scripted use.
No, this is about HW architectures. While they are likely evolving towards one a other there are tile based (like Imagination and ARM Mali) And immediate mode (Nvidia AMD) that both implement the same APIs (OpenGL, Vulkan etc). All these HW architectures are modern and in use.
It is as much or more about saving power by reducing costly traffic to the external RAM. For the pathological cases where you don't compress you simple don't save power, on average you do.
If you think it is fun, having a hobby (mturk) that is a small net positive can save you a lot of money compared to having a hobby which is a net loss (most hobbies).
This is obviously a nice gesture by Nvidia but I always wonder how can it be legal to have different amounts for father/mothers? Are there no laws on discrimination based on sex in the US?
There are games and experiences that people seems to think are interesting enough to play on the GearVR. The PS4 will be more powerful than the phones powering that. Obviously you have to adjust your expectations compared to the Rift but it seems like there can be value for VR platforms that are not as fast as the Rift/Vive minimum specifications.
Its been 10 years since standardization and the eda vendors are still whining about SystemVerilog implementation...
Interfaces was a great addition it serves more uses that simple structs (which were not available before SystemVerilog either). The primary use he doesn't seem to get is that it is a great place to put your interface assertions so all the intent of the interface end up in one place. The way this is typically done when SystemVerilog is only used for testbench/assertions is to put them in a separate file anyway so they don't have to be included in both the sender and receiver.
The testbenches in that directory are supposedly too basic to have been used for development (a few directed test cases per module). I wonder why they wouldn't release the proper testbenches?
KTH in Sweden added a special course that was essentially there to practice for this kind of competitions.
"Problem Solving and Programming under Pressure"
http://www.kth.se/student/kurser/kurs/DD2458?l=en
I have been thinking this will change as self driving cars becomes more prevalent. Commuting by car is very inefficient since all the time spent driving is wasted (compared to public transport were you can potentially work on the way to work, or cycling/walking were you get exercise). Self driving cars that are sufficiently good to handle the commute most days would change this and allow you to live further away from work in places that lack public transportation.
Being from Sweden with its relatively generous parental leave (~18 months for both parents, a fairly common company perk is to get 6 of these with 90% pay) its hard to understand how especially mothers can return to work already after 12 weeks. Will most people in practice work out a deal to take a longer leave and or be forced to quit?