Given that AMD only started rolling out their new enterprise drivers in October 2016, the company is now able to look at a full year’s worth of feedback and issue reports. More so than the usual amount, AMD also stressed their enterprise driver testing process and some of the results gained from it, citing 2017 data. Specific details can be found on the respective release notes for Radeon ProRender for 3ds Max v2.2, Radeon ProRender for Maya v2.3, and Radeon ProRender for Blender v1.6. In other words, GPU acceleration can take more advantage of Apple’s own low-level API, Metal 2. And introduced last month, macOS versions of ProRender Blender and Autodesk Maya plugins include support for macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 and higher using Metal 2 eGPU devices require 10.13.4.

Overall, AMD has added a number of new developer rendering features to ProRender, including lighting and scenery effects. Additionally, 18.Q2 is rolling out alongside updates to ProRender and its plugins. A more mundane quarterly enterprise release, 18.Q2 includes the usual bug fixes, performance optimizations for professional applications, and updates for VDI & graphics virtualization.

Not long after Windows 10’s first semi-annual major update of the year, AMD today has released Radeon Pro Software Enterprise Edition 18.Q2 WHQL, bringing full support for the April 2018 Update.

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