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AMD Makes HIP Ray-Tracing Open-Source (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

So… what’s HIP mean in this context?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

Probably not 'Huge Instant Penis', but we can never be sure since AMD nor this article explained or marketed it at all, haha.

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[–] kryllic 7 points 8 months ago

HIP in HIP ray tracing stands for Heterogeneous Interface for Portability. It’s a bit like a translator that helps different computer parts speak the same language

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