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| name = AMDGPU
| title = AMDGPU
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| released = 1.0 / {{Start date and age|2015|04|20|df=yes}}<ref name=INITIAL>{{cite web |url=https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2015-April/081501.html |title=Initial amdgpu driver release |date=20 April 2015}}</ref>
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| latest release version = 19.1.0
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2019|10|11|df=yes}},<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-amdgpu/ |title=xf86-video-amdgpu}}</ref>
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| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system = [[Linux]], [[FreeBSD]], [[OpenBSD]]
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| license = [[MIT License]]
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'''AMDGPU''' is [[AMD]]'s fully [[Open-source software|open source]] unified [[device driver|graphics driver]] for [[Linux]].<ref>{{cite webr|url=http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2015-April/081501.html |title=Initial amdgpu driver release |date=2015-04-20 |accessdate=2016-04-26INITIAL}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/open-source-amdgpu-linux-driver-gets-its-first-point-release-for-mesa-11-2-500682.shtml|title=Open-Source AMDGPU Linux Driver Gets Its First Point Release for Mesa 11.2|work=Linux.softpedia.com|accessdate=2016-07-25}}</ref> AMDGPU only officially supports cards built upon [[Graphics_Core_Next#first|GCN 1.2]] or higher, though support for previous cards is experimental and may be enabled by a kernel parameter.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMDGPU-SI-Experimental-Code|title=AMD Unleashes Initial AMDGPU Driver Support For GCN 1.0 / Southern Islands GPUs|work=Phoronix|date=2016-05-13|accessdate=2017-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AMDgpu driver documentation|url=https://dri.freedesktop.org/docs/drm/gpu/amdgpu.html|website=Freedesktop.org}}</ref>
AMDGPU also has an optional [[closed-source]] component, which operates on top of the open source AMDGPU for alternative [[3D graphics|3D]] application support, known as AMDGPU-PRO.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/3075837/linux/amds-gaming-optimized-amdgpu-pro-driver-for-linux-is-in-beta.html|title=AMD's gaming-optimized AMDGPU-PRO driver for Linux is in beta|work=PCWorld|accessdate=2016-07-25}}</ref>
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