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Re:SIMD Everywhere: 0.5.0 by pjmlp on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @08:59AM (#24049461)
Why not SYCL then? Other than possible available backends.
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Re:SIMD Everywhere: 0.5.0 by hellofunk on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @10:04AM (#24050044)
Because OpenCL and SIMD are not the same thing?
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Re:SIMD Everywhere: 0.5.0 by pjmlp on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @10:12AM (#24050156)
Apparently someone must learn that SYCL can do both, it is only a matter of what host devices are available, and yes it is runtime specific.
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