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- Vectorization of function calls
- Partial unrolling during vectorization
+R600 Backend
+------------
+
+The R600 backend was added in this release, it supports AMD GPUs
+(HD2XXX - HD7XXX). This backend is used in AMD's Open Source
+graphics / compute drivers which are developed as part of the `Mesa3D
+<http://www.mesa3d.org>`_ project.
+
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