{"id":8614,"date":"2020-05-17T06:52:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T10:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=8614"},"modified":"2020-05-17T06:52:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T10:52:33","slug":"radeon-rays-4-0-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/radeon-rays-4-0-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Radeon Rays 4.0 Release is now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Radeon Rays 4.0 release is now available and comes with added Vulkan API, HIP and DirectX 12 support but drops OpenCL. It also maintains support for CPU-based execution too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This accelerated ray intersection library for DirectX 12, Vulkan, HIP, and CPU comes with new features and various other improvements. <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/amd\">AMD <\/a>originally made this release closed-source but reversed that decision and it is once again open source like its predecessors. Even though it is just some parts of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement was made as part of the GPUOpen relaunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the new features include <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/gpu\">GPU<\/a> optimized Bounding Volume Hierarchy (BVH), Custom AABB hierarchy for your scene, and the inclusion of <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/directx\">DirectX 12<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/vulkan\">Vulkan<\/a>, and HIP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more details about the Radeon Rays 4.0 Release <a href=\"https:\/\/gpuopen.com\/radeon-rays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, including information on downloading the SDK, System requirements, and backend choice <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs\/RadeonRays_SDK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radeon Rays 4.0 release is now available and comes with added Vulkan API, HIP and DirectX 12 support but drops OpenCL. 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