Heterogeneous System Architecture

THE HSA (HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE) FOUNDATION IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CONSORTIUM FOR SOC IP VENDORS, OEMS, ACADEMIA, SOC VENDORS, OSVS AND ISVS WHOSE GOAL IS TO MAKE IT EASY TO PROGRAM FOR PARALLEL COMPUTING. HSA MEMBERS ARE BUILDING A HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTE ECOSYSTEM, ROOTED IN INDUSTRY STANDARDS, FOR COMBINING SCALAR PROCESSING ON THE CPU WITH PARALLEL PROCESSING ON THE GPU WHILE ENABLING HIGH BANDWIDTH ACCESS TO MEMORY AND HIGH APPLICATION PERFORMANCE AT LOW POWER CONSUMPTION. HSA DEFINES INTERFACES FOR PARALLEL COMPUTATION UTILIZING CPU, GPU, AND OTHER PROGRAMMABLE AND FIXED FUNCTION DEVICES, AND SUPPORT FOR A DIVERSE SET OF HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES, THEREBY CREATING THE NEXT FOUNDATION IN GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTING.