The AMD graphics card driver will be open-source and support Linux systems.

The AMD graphics card driver will be open-source and support Linux systems.

AMD has just made an important decision for the future of the company to become open-source. In addition to announcing that the Linux graphics card driver is open-source, it has also released a developer-oriented GPUOpen tool, considering that AMD is currently the second runner in the market, it is understandable to make such a decision. To make itself more competitive, we have created a technical team named Radeon, its Crimson driver has aroused a sensation. AMD's idea is to allow as many people as possible to use their own tools and hardware, while open source is obviously a good choice, this strategy is similar to that of Tesla because Elon Musk announced that it would open source all the company's patents to develop electric vehicle technologies.

Open source sounds like a great idea, but the depth behind it is not only that. GPUOpen can be said to be an "unprecedented" underground control of the GPU, which has a profound impact, A large number of tools, sdks and libraries, as well as open-source content hosted on GitHub are generated. In contrast, NVIDIA's GameWorks tool does the same thing, but it imposes many restrictions.

On the other hand, the Radeon technical team is still working on the AMDGPU Linux Driver, which aims to provide appropriate support for the basic functions of the platform and deploy open-source drivers at the kernel level, some users may eventually give up the dedicated driver and turn to fully open-source, but this will not happen because the technology used on the Radeon GPU will not be published to everyone, that is, if you want to play a game or fully utilize the performance of AMD hardware, continue to install and use the dedicated driver (the most likely name is Crimson ).

Original Reprinted from the Linux on this learning: http://www.linuxprobe.com/amd-gpudriver-opensource/