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OpenCL
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Also known as Open Computing Language

OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a framework for writing programs that execute across heterogeneous platforms consisting of central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs), digital signal processors (DSPs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and other processors or hardware accelerators. OpenCL specifies a programming language (based on C99) for programming these devices and application programming interfaces (APIs) to control the platform and execute programs on the compute devices. OpenCL provides a standard interface for parallel computing using task- and data-based

Key facts

Software.name
OpenCL API
Software.title
OpenCL API
Software.logo
OpenCL logo.svg
Software.logo size
200px
Software.logo alt
OpenCL logo
Software.author
Apple Inc.
Software.developer
Khronos Group
Software.programming language
C with C++ bindings
Software.operating system
Android (vendor dependent), FreeBSD, Linux, macOS (via Pocl), Windows
Software.platform
ARMv7, ARMv8, Cell, IA-32, Power, x86-64
Software.genre
Heterogeneous computing API
Software.license
OpenCL specification license
Programming language.name
C++ for OpenCL
Programming language.paradigm
Imperative (procedural), structured, object-oriented, generic programming
Programming language.latest release version
C++ for OpenCL 1.0 and 2021
Programming language.file_ext
.clcpp
Programming language.implementations
SPIR-V offline mode: Clang; cl_ext_cxx_for_opencl online mode: Arm.
Programming language.influenced_by
C99, CUDA

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Creator
Apple Inc.
Developer
Khronos Group
Official website
www.khronos.org/opencl
Image
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operating system
Android
inception
2009-08-28
programming paradigm
generic programming
programmed in
C
software version identifier
3.0.19
different from
OpenGL
typing discipline
static typing
Commons category
OpenCL
media type
text/x-opencl-src
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