What is the current status of C++ AMP

Question

I am working on high performance code in C++ and have been using both CUDA and OpenCL and more recently C++AMP, which I like very much. I am however a little worried that it is

Answer 1

I've found that AMD is still using the C++AMP.. http://developer.amd.com/community/blog/2015/09/15/programming-models-for-heterogeneous-systems/ http://developer.amd.com/community/blog/2015/01/19/bolt-1-3-whats-new/ and there are some forum references where Intel is mentioning it too.

The main thing I see is that we the programmers are finally starting to play with the idea that we can use the GPU for ordinary tasks also. Especially now that the HBMs are coming to the APUs you could do a lot on a relatively cheap system. So no copying of data to graphic card or main memory, but keep it in a BIG HBM "cache" where it can be accessed "real-time" i.e. without GPU latency.

So Microsoft build a really really nice technology which will become relevant only in next few years i.e. when the hardware is finally "user friendly". But the thing can become obsolete if they wont advance as others do. Not that something wouldn't work in C++ AMP, but because the speed of change is so big lately that programmers wont risk to start using it, if they don't see some advancements... at least a blog or two per year, where they tested something with it so that you see Microsoft still believes in it.