Mali OpenCL SDK v1.1.0 Documentation

Welcome to Mali OpenCL SDK v1.1.0.

The Mali OpenCL SDK v1.1.0 provides developers a framework and series of samples for developing OpenCL 1.1 application on ARM Mali based platforms such as the Mali-T600 family of GPUs. The samples cover a wide range of use cases that utilize the Mali GPU to achieve a significant improvement in performance when compared to running on the CPU alone.

OpenCL is an open standard defined by Khronos that expose the vast parallel processing capabilities of the GPU to the developer, to achieve improvements in performance and power efficiency. The samples are supported with tutorials with step-by-step guidance that describe best practises that should be used when targeting the Mali family of GPUs.

Requirements

To build and run the OpenCL sample applications you will need:

• Sourcery CodeBench Lite Edition for ARM GNU/Linux. Available for free here for both Windows and Linux.
• An ARM based development board with a Mali-T600 series GPU running Linux.

Getting Started

• See the Quick Start Guide for information on how to get started.
• Have a look at some specific Tutorials.
• Find solutions for Common Issues.
• Get Support from ARM.

Change Log

Summary of changes between versions of the Mali OpenCL SDK.

Changes in version 1.1.0

• Added Hello World tutorial.
• Added version of the Sobel Filter sample which doesn't use vectors.
• Added OpenCL Template tutorial.
• Added data sharing (between CPU and GPU) tutorial (using Memory Buffers).
• Added Image Objects tutorial.
• Added 64-bit Integers and Atomics tutorial.
• Fixed bug 116: image.cpp in the common library does not load BMP images correctly if their width is not a multiple of 4.

Changes in version 1.0.0

• First release of the Mali OpenCL SDK.
• Four tutorials included: Sobel Filter, FIR Filter, Mandelbrot, and SGEMM.

Contents

Directory	Contents
bin	Built sample binaries and assets, created when make install is run on the samples.
common	A library of commonly used functions.
docs	Documentation for the SDK, including tutorials and API references.
include	OpenCL header files.
lib	An OpenCL dummy library (allows linking of OpenCL applications on the host).
samples	Sample OpenCL applications.