GPUOpen

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GPUOpen
Original author(s) Advanced Micro Devices
Developer(s) Advanced Micro Devices
Initial releaseJanuary 26, 2016 (2016-01-26) [1]
Repository
Written in C, C++, GLSL
Operating system Linux, Microsoft Windows
Type Game effects libraries, GPU debugging, CPU & GPU profiling
License MIT License
Website gpuopen.com

GPUOpen is a middleware software suite originally developed by AMD's Radeon Technologies Group that offers advanced visual effects for computer games. It was released in 2016. GPUOpen serves as an alternative to, and a direct competitor of Nvidia GameWorks. GPUOpen is similar to GameWorks in that it encompasses several different graphics technologies as its main components that were previously independent and separate from one another. [2] However, GPUOpen is partially open source software, unlike GameWorks which is proprietary and closed.

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History

GPUOpen was announced on December 15, 2015, [3] [4] [2] [5] [6] and released on January 26, 2016.

Rationale

Nicolas Thibieroz, AMD's Senior Manager of Worldwide Gaming Engineering, argues that "it can be difficult for developers to leverage their R&D investment on both consoles and PC because of the disparity between the two platforms" and that "proprietary libraries or tools chains with "black box" APIs prevent developers from accessing the code for maintenance, porting or optimizations purposes". [7] He says that upcoming architectures, such as AMD's RX 400 series "include many features not exposed today in PC graphics APIs".

AMD designed GPUOpen to be a competing open-source middleware stack released under the MIT License. The libraries are intended to increase software portability between video game consoles, PCs and also high-performance computing. [8]

Components

GPUOpen unifies many of AMD's previously separate tools and solutions into one package, also fully open-sourcing them under the MIT License. [4] GPUOpen also makes it easy for developers to get low-level GPU access. [9]

Additionally AMD wants to grant interested developers the kind of low-level "direct access" to their GCN-based GPUs, that surpasses the possibilities of Direct3D 12 or Vulkan. AMD mentioned e.g. a low-level access to the Asynchronous Compute Engines (ACEs). The ACE implement "Asynchronous Compute", but they cannot be freely configured under either Vulkan or Direct3D 12.

GPUOpen is made up of several main components, tools, and SDKs. [2]

Games and CGI

Software for computer-generated imagery (CGI) used in development of computer games and movies alike.

Visual effects libraries

GPUOpen Visual Effects Libraries [10]
NameAPISourceDescription
TressFX DirectX 12, Vulkan GitHub This visual effects library allows the creation of realistic hair, fur, and grass.
GeometryFX DirectX 11 GitHub This library allows easy access to compute-based triangle filtering.
DepthOfFieldFX DirectX 11 GitHub This library grants access to a depth of field implementation optimized for the GCN GPU architecture via a compute shader.
ShadowFX DirectX 11, DirectX 12 GitHub This library grants access to an implementation for deferred shadow filtering that is optimized for the GCN GPU architecture.
FidelityFX DirectX 11, DirectX 12, Vulkan GitHub FidelityFX is a suite of visual effects and effects-helper libraries.

FidelityFX

FidelityFX Components [11]
NameAlgorithmSourceDescription
FidelityFX CASContrast Adaptive Sharpening GitHub This algorithm adaptively sharpens an image or scene while minimizing artifacts.
FidelityFX CACAOCombined Adaptive Compute Ambient Occlusion GitHub This algorithm is an optimized implementation of adaptive sampling ambient occlusion.
FidelityFX LPMLuminance Preserving Mapper GitHub This algorithm is used to tone map the luma of an RGB pixel rather than tone mapping the color of the pixel.
FidelityFX SPDSingle Pass Downsampler GitHub This algorithm, optimized for the RDNA GPU architecture, is used to generate 12 MIP levels for a given texture.
FidelityFX SSSRStochastic Screen Space Reflections GitHub This algorithm is used to add screen space reflections to a frame or scene.
FidelityFX VSVariable Shading GitHub This algorithm is used to generate image-based variable rate shading using the luminance of samples in the prior frame.
FidelityFX Parallel SortRadix Sort GitHub This algorithm provides a compute-based radix sort.
FidelityFX DenoiserShadow & Reflection Denoiser GitHub This algorithm provides denoising functionality for ray-traced shadows and ray-traced or screen-space reflections.
FidelityFX Super Resolution 1Spatial Upsampler GitHub This algorithm is used to upsample an image or frame into a higher resolution using only the spatial information provided in the input frame.
FidelityFX Super Resolution 2Temporal Upscaler GitHub This algorithm is used to upscale frame(s) into a higher resolution using the temporal information provided by input frames.

FidelityFX Super Resolution

FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) is used to upsample an input image into a higher resolution. There are multiple version of FSR with distinctive upscaling technique and image quality:

  • FSR 1 is a spatial upscaler based on the Lanczos algorithm requiring an anti-aliased lower resolution image.
  • FSR 2 is a temporal upscaler based on a modified Lanczos requiring an aliased lower resolution image and utilising the temporal data (such as motion vectors and frame history) and then applies its own anti aliasing pass which replaces the game's temporal anti-aliasing solution.
  • FSR 3 adds frame generation and "native anti-aliasing". Frame generation increases the perceived frame rate of a game. "Native anti-aliasing", similar to Nvidia's DLAA, can be used without upscaling for improved anti-aliasing; it can also be combined with frame generation and Anti-Lag+. [12] [13]

The standard presets for FSR by AMD can be found in the table below. Note that these presets are not the only way in which the algorithm can be used, they are simply presets for input/output resolutions. Certain titles, such as Dota 2 have offered resolution sliders to fine tune the scaling percentage or dynamically scaling the internal render resolution depending on the FPS cap.

Release history
Release [lower-alpha 1] Release dateHighlights
1.0 / 1.0.1Jun 2021FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) launch, source code available July 2021. [14] [15]
1.0.2Nov 2021Robust Contrast-Adaptive Sharpening (RCAS) oversharpening hotfix. [16]
1.1Jul 2023Available as part of FidelityFX SDK. [17]
2.0.1 / 2.0.1aMar 2022FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.0 (FSR 2) launch, source code available June 2022. [18] [19]
2.1.0Sep 2022Reduced ghosting and improved upscaling quality. Farming Simulator 2022 was one of early adopters with patch 1.7.1. [20]
2.1.1Sep 2022 [21]
2.1.2Oct 2022 [22]
2.2.0 / 2.2.0aNov 2022HDR range improvements, ghosting and flickering artefacts reduction. Source code available February 2023. [23]
2.2.1Jun 2023 [24]
2.2.2Jul 2023Available as part of FidelityFX SDK. [17] [25]
3.0 / 3.0.3Sep 2023FSR 3 adds frame generation combined with FSR 2 and Anti-Lag+ and supports GPUs from AMD, Nvidia, and Intel. FSR 3 is also compatible with the ninth generation of video game consoles. [12]
Source code available December 2023 as part of FidelityFX SDK. [26]
3.0.4Mar 2024 [27]
Standard FSR presets [28] [29]
Quality Preset [lower-alpha 2] Scale Factor [lower-alpha 3] Render Scale [lower-alpha 4]
Ultra Qualityv1.0 only1.30x77.0%
Quality1.50x66.6%
Balanced1.70x58.8%
Performance2.00x50.0%
Ultra Performancesince v2.03.00x33.3%

FSR 2 can also be modded into nearly any game supporting DLSS by swapping the DLSS DLL with a translation layer DLL that maps the DLSS API calls to FSR 2 API calls. [30]


  1. FSR versions stated in italic present hotfixes or minor updates.
  2. The algorithm does not necessarily need to be implemented using these presets; it is possible for the implementer to define custom input and output resolutions.
  3. The linear scale factor used for upsampling the input resolution to the output resolution. For example, a scene rendered at 540p with a 2.00x scale factor would have an output resolution of 1080p.
  4. The linear render scale, compared to the output resolution, that the technology uses to render scenes internally before upsampling. For example, a 1080p scene with a 50% render scale would have an internal resolution of 540p.

Frame Generation

FSR 3 adds frame generation. Launching in September 2023, FSR 3 uses a combination of FSR 2 and optical flow analysis, which runs using asynchronous compute (as opposed to Nvidia's DLSS 3 which uses dedicated hardware). Because FSR 3 uses a software-based solution, it is compatible with GPUs from AMD, Nvidia, and Intel as well as the ninth generation of video game consoles. To combat additional latency inherent to the frame generation process, AMD has a driver-level feature called Anti-Lag, which only runs on AMD GPUs. [12]

AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) is a driver-level frame generation technology launching in Q1 2024 which is compatible with all DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 games, however it runs on RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 GPUs. AFMF uses optical flow analysis but not motion vectors, so it can only interpolate a new frame between two traditionally rendered frames. AFMF currently is not compatible with VSYNC. [12]

Tools

The official AMD directory lists: [31]

Namesource-codeAPI OS Task
CodeXL CodeXLDirect3D, OpenGL, OpenCL, Vulkan Linux
Windows
software development tool suite that includes a GPU debugger, a GPU profiler, a CPU profiler, a static OpenCL kernel analyzer and various plugins. [32]
static analyzer for AMD CodeXL amd-codexl-analyzerDirect3D, OpenGL, OpenCLLinux
Windows 64bit
Off-line compiler and performance analysis CLI-tool for processing: OpenCL kernels, HLSL shaders and GLSL shaders
part of the AMD CodeXL tools suite
Requires either Radeon Software Crimson Edition or AMD Catalyst to be installed to run this tool. [33]
D3D 12 plug-in for GPU PerfStudio amd-gpuperfstudio-dx12 Direct3D 12 Windowsa plug-in to GPU PerfStudio GPU perfstudio [34]
Tootleamd-tootleagnosticLinux
Windows
Triangle Order Optimization Tool; originally developed in 2006; can be easily integrated as part of a rendering or mesh pre-processing tool chain [35] Cf. http://mgarland.org/files/papers/quadrics.pdf

Having been released by ATI Technologies under the BSD license in 2006 HLSL2GLSL is not part of GPUOpen. Whether similar tools for SPIR-V will be available remains to be seen, as is the official release of the Vulkan (API) itself. Source-code that has been defined as being part of GPUOpen is also part of the Linux kernel (e.g. amdgpu and amdkfd [36] ), Mesa 3D and LLVM.

Software development kits

NameSource API OS Task
Advanced Media Framework (AMF) SDK GitHub DirectX 12 Linux, Windows 64-bitLight-weight, portable multimedia framework that abstracts away most of the platform and API-specific details.
AMD GPU Services (AGS) SDK GitHub DirectX Windows 64-bit
LiquidVR SDK GitHub Direct3D 11 Windowsimproves the smoothness of virtual reality. [37] The aim is to reduce latency between hardware so that the hardware can keep up with the user's head movement, eliminating the motion sickness. A particular focus is on dual GPU setups where each GPU will now render for one eye individually of the display
Radeon Machine Learning (RML) SDK GitHub DirectX 12, Metal, OpenCL Linux, OS X, Windows
Radeon ProRender SDK (formerly FireRender) GitHub OpenCL Linux, macOS, Windowsphysically-based rendering engine
RadeonRays SDK (formerly FireRays) GitHub DirectX 12, Vulkan Linux 64-bit, OS X, Windows 64-bitA high efficiency, high performance heterogeneous ray tracing intersection library for GPU and CPU or APU on any platform.
RapidFire SDK GitHub DirectX, OpenGL Windowsfacilitates the use of AMD's video compression acceleration SIP blocks VCE (H.264 encoder) and UVD (H.264 decoder) for "Cloud gaming"/off-site rendering
True Audio Next (TAN) SDK GitHub OpenCL Windows 64-bitSDK for Radeon GPU accelerated and multi-core high-performance audio signal processing.

Professional Compute

As of 2022, AMD compute software ecosystem is regrouped under the ROCm metaproject.

AMD Boltzmann Initiative: amdgpu (Linux kernel 4.2+) and amdkfd (Linux kernel 3.19+) Linux AMD graphics stack.svg
AMD Boltzmann Initiative: amdgpu (Linux kernel 4.2+) and amdkfd (Linux kernel 3.19+)

Software around Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA), General-Purpose computing on Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU) and High-Performance Computing (HPC)

Radeon Open Compute (ROCm)

AMD's "Boltzmann Initiative" (named after Ludwig Boltzmann) was announced in November 2015 at the SuperComputing15 [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] and productized as the Radeon Open Compute platform (ROCm). It aims to provide an alternative to Nvidia's CUDA which includes a tool to port CUDA source-code to portable (HIP) source-code which can be compiled on both HCC and NVCC.

  • Radeon Open Compute Kernel (ROCK) driver
  • Radeon Open Compute Runtime (ROCR) runtime
  • HCC: Heterogeneous Compute Compiler
  • HIP: C++ Heterogeneous-Compute Interface for Portability

Heterogeneous System Architecture

Various deprecated

  • clFFT library for Fast Fourier transform written in OpenCL
  • hcFFT library for Fast Fourier transform written in HCC-optimized C++

Availability

GPUOpen are available under the MIT license to the general public through GitHub starting on January 26, 2016. [4]

There is interlocking between GPUOpen and well established and widespread free software projects, e.g. Linux kernel, Mesa 3D and LLVM.

See also

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