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		pjmlp on Sept 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DirectX Adopting SPIR-V as the Interchange Format ... OpenCL 3 is OpenCL 1, no one cares, Intel has made extensions on too for DPC++, AMD is pushing Romc or whatever else they think of. Still not showing that they care.

talldayo on Sept 20, 2024 [–]

I don't know why anyone would try to care when Apple announced they were pivoting away from OpenCL half a decade ago. The value prop of a cross-platform GPGPU API died the moment that Apple gave up, and OpenGL's treatment reflects what happens once Apple abandons an open standard.

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