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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-05-24 and was most recently seen on 2026-05-24.
In computing, Close To Metal is the name of a beta version of a low-level programming interface developed by ATI, now the AMD Graphics Product Group, aimed at enabling GPGPU computing. CTM was short-lived, and the first production version of AMD's GPGPU technology is now called AMD Stream SDK, or rather the current AMD APP SDK ) for Windows and Linux 32-bit and 64-bit, which also targets Heterogeneous System Architecture.
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