Standard Compute Layer Library

​http://www.browndeertechnology.com/stdcl.html

A wrapper library API for OpenCL API used in the tutorial below. It seems that the libstdcl greatly simplify a sample program ($OPENCLDIR/samples/opencl/cl/app/NBody) supplied with Stream SDK 2.0beta.

OpenCL Tutorial: N-Body Simulation

​http://www.browndeertechnology.com/docs/BDT_OpenCL_Tutorial_NBody.html

A tutorial that modifies the sample NBody program written in OpenCL API.

local & global

​http://forums.amd.com/devforum/messageview.cfm?catid=390&threadid=123350&enterthread=y

It's a tricky question . On 4xxx local mem is really global mem ( ATI thinks it's too much work to optimize compiler to use 48xx LDS - although it's possible ). On 5xxx local is LDS - so it's located in simd core.