ChaiScript Tutorial (4) – Functions in ChaiScript

We have discussed be basic syntax of ChaiScript in the previous tutorial. Today, I'm going to talk about functions in ChaiScript. Define a function in ChaiScript We can define a function in ChaiScript. Here is how its done. The general syntax is It is just like how a function is defined any language(that is not functional)....

Rant on OpenCL on FPGAs From a Point of View of a Software Developer

This is why I haven't post any ChaiScipt tutorial recently. I'm busy on a project to bring OpenCL into OpenCV on a Cyclone V SoC Development Board. There are a lot of reports and articles about how FPGAs are so powerful that they can outperform GPUs. And that OpenCL can unleash FPGA's full performance in...

Install AMD HIP on Nvidia platform

HIP is sort of AMD's version of CUDA. It allows developer to write CUDA-like code and build for either AMD or NVIDIA GPUs. But the current version contains a small coding error that prevents HIP from working on NVIDIA GPUs. Installing hip_nvcc on Ubuntu 16.04 using the ppa won't work either. That sucks. Here is...