Khronos @ SIGGRAPH 2013: OpenGL 4.4, OpenCL 2.0, & OpenCL 1.2 SPIR Announced

Kicking off this week is the annual SIGGRAPH conference, the graphics industry’s yearly professional event. Outside of the individual vendor events and individual technologies we cover throughout the year, SIGGRAPH is typically the major venue for new technology and standards announcements.This year will be no exception, with Khronos announcing major new additions to OpenGL and OpenCL, along with the long-awaited intermediate SPIR format for OpenCL 1.2.