Open First

Status of theEmbedded GPU Space

Robert FossSenior Software Engineer@memcpy_io

2018 Q1

● History● Upstream Support● What Comes Next● The Big Picture

Agenda

History

History

History

History

History

History

History

History

History

Upstream Support

Upstream SupportNVidia

Upstream SupportNVidia

Reverse Engineering

Upstream SupportNVidia

Reverse Engineering

Mesa

Upstream SupportIntel

Upstream Support

Mesa

Intel

Upstream SupportAMD

Upstream SupportAMD

Mesa

Upstream SupportBroadcom

Upstream SupportBroadcom

Mesa

Upstream SupportBroadcom VC4

Board: Raspberry Pi 3SOC: Broadcom BCM2837

Upstream SupportBroadcom VC5

Board: ???SOC: Broadcom BCM7268

Upstream SupportQualcomm

Upstream SupportQualcomm

Reverse Engineering

Upstream SupportQualcomm

Reverse Engineering

Mesa

Upstream SupportQualcomm

Upstream SupportQualcomm Adreno A200

Board: iMX 53 DevkitSOC: NXP iMX 53

Upstream SupportQualcomm Adreno A300

Board: Dragonboard 410CSOC: Qualcomm 410E

Upstream SupportQualcomm Adreno A400

Board: Inforce 6540SOC: Qualcomm 805

Upstream SupportQualcomm Adreno A500

Board: Dragonboard 820CSOC: Qualcomm 820E

Upstream SupportVivante

Upstream SupportVivante

Reverse Engineering

Upstream Support

Mesa

Reverse Engineering

Vivante

Upstream SupportVivante GC2000

Board: iMX 6 SabreSOC: NXP iMX6q

Upstream SupportVivante GC3000

Board: iMX 6 QP Sabre SOC: NXP iMX6qp

Upstream SupportVivante GC7000

Board: iMX 8 DevkitSOC: NXP iMX8

Upstream SupportARM

Upstream Support

Reverse Engineering

ARM

Upstream SupportARM Mali Txxx

Board: Asus TinkerboardSOC: Rockchip RK3288

Upstream SupportARM Mali Gxx

Board: HiKey 960SOC: HiSilicon Kirin 960

Upstream SupportImagination

Upstream SupportImagination

What comes next

What Comes Next

● OpenGL improvements

What Comes Next

● OpenGL improvements● OpenCL support

What Comes Next

● OpenGL improvements● OpenCL support

– Intel OpenCL Neo

What Comes Next

● OpenGL improvements● OpenCL support

– Intel OpenCL Neo– AMD ROCm

What Comes Next

● OpenGL improvements● OpenCL support

– Intel OpenCL Neo– AMD ROCm– In progress: nouveau

What Comes Next

● OpenGL improvements● OpenCL support

– Intel OpenCL Neo– AMD ROCm– In progress: nouveau– In progress: freedreno

What Comes Next

● OpenGL improvements● OpenCL support

What Comes Next

● OpenGL improvements● OpenCL support● Vulkan support

What Comes Next

● OpenGL improvements● OpenCL support● Vulkan support

– AMD RADV & AMDVLK

What Comes Next

● OpenGL improvements● OpenCL support● Vulkan support

– AMD RADV & AMDVLK– Intel ANV

What Comes Next

● OpenGL improvements● OpenCL support● Vulkan support

The Big Picture

The Big PictureDevelopment

The Big Picture

● Some drivers are very mature

Development

The Big Picture

● Some drivers are very mature● Non-supported drivers use more common code

Development

The Big Picture

● Some drivers are very mature● Non-supported drivers use more common code● Reverse engineering to driver takes 0-3 years

Development

The Big Picture

● Some drivers are very mature● Non-supported drivers use more common code● Reverse engineering to driver takes 0-3 years● Vendors support APIs outside usual codebases

Development

The Big Picture

● Some drivers are very mature● Non-supported drivers use more common code● Reverse engineering to driver takes 0-3 years● Vendors support APIs outside usual codebases● OpenCL is hard.

Development

The Big Picture

● Some drivers are very mature● Non-supported drivers use more common code● Reverse engineering to driver takes 0-3 years● Vendors support APIs outside usual codebases● OpenCL is hard.

Development

The Big PictureVendors

The Big Picture

● Some vendor support is really good

Vendors

The Big Picture

● Some vendor support is really good● Open Source drivers come in different shapes

Vendors

The Big Picture

● Some vendor support is really good● Open Source drivers come in different shapes

– Vendor supported or not

Vendors

The Big Picture

● Some vendor support is really good● Open Source drivers come in different shapes

– Vendor supported or not– Small vendor teams or not

Vendors

The Big Picture

● Some vendor support is really good● Open Source drivers come in different shapes

– Vendor supported or not– Small vendor teams or not– Control motivated vendor or not

Vendors

The Big Picture

● Some vendor support is really good● Open Source drivers come in different shapes

– Vendor supported or not– Small vendor teams or not– Control motivated vendor or not– NVidia

Vendors

The Big PictureManufacturers

The Big Picture

● Some industries need Open Source

Manufacturers

The Big Picture

● Some industries need Open Source– Surprisingly the Aircraft industry

Manufacturers

The Big Picture

● Some industries need Open Source– Surprisingly the Aircraft industry– Anyone planning for >1year product support

Manufacturers

Thank you!