AMD Technology at GDC

[LtMatt]

Inspired by the similar thread that Physicsman did here for Nvidia, use this thread to discuss the technologies AMD will be talking about and showcasing at GDG. I will update the thread with any exciting info regarding Mantle, DX12 etc.

AMD Technology at GDC

Join AMD and AMD partners at the 2014 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco March 17-21 as they provide tips on how developers can improve CPU and GPU performance, discuss technologies to help developers enhance rendering, speed and performance, and talk about the advantages of the new Mantle API. GDC is the the world’s largest and longest-running professionals-only game industry event. Don’t miss these presentations as part of an exciting five days of tutorials, bootcamps visitAMD_polyand roundtable discussions providing insight into the future of gaming.

AMD Presentations
http://developer.amd.com/amd-technology-at-gdc/

Conference Presentations
http://developer.amd.com/resources/documentation-articles/conference-presentations/

FAQ

Will there be any live streams to watch?

Spoiler

 

[shankly1985]

Look forward to the news. What I want is more games announced for Mantle and True Audio. Crysis 4 come on AMD you can do it.

 

[Doco]

I'l keep an eye here - any leaks on expected topics?

 

[stulid]

What time in GMT for this and any streams etc?

 

[humbug]

Nice one Matt, it might be a good idea to ask someone at AMD about a Stream of Video of some kind.

 

[LtMatt]

What time in GMT for this and any streams etc?

I don't think there are any streams, i will ask around on twitter and let you know if i find any. I asked Johan and he said footage will be recorded though which i will add to the thread as and when it appears.

Nice one Matt, it might be a good idea to ask someone at AMD about a Stream of Video of some kind.

On it.

 

[tommybhoy]

Good thread Matt.

Look forward to the news. What I want is more games announced for Mantle and True Audio. Crysis 4 come on AMD you can do it.

Need to get more TA titles in the works, at least 5 more titles would be progress.

Maybe some Mantle titles from the ground up, designed with Mantle from the start instead of bolted on, show us if there is more to come of Mantle.

 

[LtMatt]

Need to get more TA titles in the works, at least 5 more titles would be progress.

Maybe some Mantle titles from the ground up, designed with Mantle from the start instead of bolted on, show us if there is more to come of Mantle.

Agreed. TA has great potential but it needs to start appearing in other games, or at least be announced in some up and coming games. Probably another good twitter question there.

 

[LtMatt]

What time in GMT for this and any streams etc?

Nice one Matt, it might be a good idea to ask someone at AMD about a Stream of Video of some kind.

 

[tommybhoy]

Sniper 3, SWBF, Crytek, TA integration would be ideal, as well as tying up Crytek to Mantle as well.

 

[humbug]

Thanks Matt

 

[shankly1985]

Nice Wednesday is going to be interesting that's for sure.

 

[PhysicsMan94]

Thanks for mentioning my thread, it hasn't had many replies/discussions so any help is appreciated

 

[LtMatt]

Thanks for mentioning my thread, it hasn't had many replies/discussions so any help is appreciated

No worries. You deserved a mention and a link.

 

[stulid]

Thanks for finding out the info above.

 

[humbug]

They had

Advanced Visual Effects with DirectX 11: Compute-Based GPU Particle Systems

Gareth Thomas | Developer Technology Engineer, AMD


Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Date: Monday, March 17

Time: 11:45am-12:15pm

Format: Tutorials & Bootcamps
Track: Programming
Vault Recording: Video

today

http://schedule.gdconf.com/session-id/828161

Nothing from it has been released yet, that i know of.

the one we are interested in is

Nitrous & Mantle: Combining Efficient Engine Design with a Modern API (Presented by AMD)

Dan Baker | Partner, Oxide Games
Tim Kipp | Partner, Oxide Games


Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Date: Wednesday, March 19

Time: 5:00pm-6:00pm

Format: Sponsored Session
Track: Programming
Vault Recording: Not Recorded

 

[shankly1985]

Advanced Visual Effects with DX11

Grass, Fur and Hair Next Tomb Raider right there.

https://twitter.com/AMDRadeon/status/445696107373289472

 

[tommybhoy]

https://twitter.com/AMDRadeon/status/445696107373289472

Ruby demo released running Crytek via Mantle using Hawai-XT x2???

 

[Final8y]

Location: Room 3020, West Hall

Date: Thursday, March 20

Time: 5:30pm-6:30pm

In this session AMDs Dave Oldcorn, Frostbite technical Director Johan Andersson and Oxides Dan Baker will look at how new Direct3D advancements enhance efficiency and enable fully-threaded building of command buffers. They will demonstrate how AMD is using its recent experience in efficient graphics API design and its partnership with Microsoft to provide developers with the infrastructure to render next-generation graphics workloads at full performance. This presentation also discusses the best ways to exploit AMD hardware under heavy load and will invite developers to influence driver and hardware development.

http://schedule.gdconf.com/session-id/828412

 

[Boomstick777]

Location: Room 3020, West Hall

Date: Thursday, March 20

Time: 5:30pm-6:30pm

In this session AMDs Dave Oldcorn, Frostbite technical Director Johan Andersson and Oxides Dan Baker will look at how new Direct3D advancements enhance efficiency and enable fully-threaded building of command buffers. They will demonstrate how AMD is using its recent experience in efficient graphics API design and its partnership with Microsoft to provide developers with the infrastructure to render next-generation graphics workloads at full performance. This presentation also discusses the best ways to exploit AMD hardware under heavy load and will invite developers to influence driver and hardware development.

http://schedule.gdconf.com/session-id/828412

Cool stuff.