Posts by Saad Rahim
ROCm Runfile Installer Is Here!
- 22 May 2025
From ROCm 6.4, and after much user demand, we are introducing the ROCm Runfile Installer method primarily for network secured environments, or those who wish to bypass a native Linux package management system, or those that just want to download and run a single file to install ROCm.
Introducing ROCm-DS: GPU-Accelerated Data Science for AMD Instinct™ GPUs
- 20 May 2025
AMD is excited to announce the early access release of ROCm-DS (ROCm Data Science), a new toolkit designed to accelerate data processing workloads on AMD Instinct™ GPUs. Built on the core ROCm toolkit, ROCm-DS promises to significantly enhance performance and scalability for data-intensive applications, catering to the pressing needs of today’s data-driven landscape. ROCm-DS is based on the open source libraries in the RAPIDS ecosystem. This collection of libraries enables a multitude of data processing operations, allowing new and existing workloads to tap into the computational advantages offered by AMD Instinct Datacenter GPUs. This early access release introduces two powerful new libraries: hipDF and hipGRAPH.
ROCm Gets Modular: Meet the Instinct Datacenter GPU Driver
- 11 April 2025
Today ROCm is synonymous with software for AMD’s Instinct GPUs. ROCm describes everything from the driver to the runtime to the libraries that enable AI and HPC software stacks. Starting in ROCm 6.4, we expand our software family to include the Instinct Datacenter GPU driver. The Instinct driver bifurcates from the current ROCm driver with a separate release process including an independent version number scheme, a new documentation site, and a laser focus on enabling applications on our datacenter GPU products. This change is depicted in the figure below.
ROCm 6.4: Breaking Barriers in AI, HPC, and Modular GPU Software
- 11 April 2025
In the rapidly evolving landscape of high-performance computing and artificial intelligence, innovation is the currency of progress. AMD’s ROCm 6.4 isn’t just another software update—it’s a leap forward that redefines the boundaries of what is possible for AI, developers, researchers, and enterprise innovators.