Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) has announced its plan to open-source the Micro Engine Scheduler (MES) firmware for its GPUs, granting users enhanced control over Radeon graphics cards. This initiative is part of AMD’s broader strategy to increase the open-source accessibility of its GPU technology, including both software components, like the ROCm stack for GPU programming and hardware elements. AMD intends to publish documentation for the MES firmware by the end of May, with the sourc
Amidst push from Tiny Corp and the rest of the community, AMD is open-sourcing more of its GPU documentation and firmware in hopes of making its hardware truly-competitive with Nvidia in the AI space, and potentially more.
Following up on their tweet earlier this week that they would be working to open-source more of their GPU software stack and hardware documentation, AMD now says they will be releasing documentation followed by the source code for their Micro-Engine Scheduler (MES) IP block found within Radeon GPUs.
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