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**OpenCL**

What is OpenCL?

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 programming languages (based on C99 and C++17) for programming these devices and application programming interfaces (APIs) to control the platform and manage memory. It enables parallel computing using a platform-independent programming model.

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What other technologies are related to OpenCL?

OpenCL Competitor Technologies

CUDA
CUDA
CUDA is a parallel computing platform and programming model developed by NVIDIA. It is a direct competitor to OpenCL, offering similar functionality but being specific to NVIDIA GPUs.
HIP
HIP
HIP (Heterogeneous-compute Interface for Portability) is a C++ dialect allowing developers to write portable code that can run on both AMD and NVIDIA GPUs, similar to OpenCL. While HIP can be viewed as a stepping stone to OpenCL for some, it serves as a direct alternative.
Vulkan
Vulkan
Vulkan is a low-overhead, cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API. While it can be used for compute tasks like OpenCL, it is generally seen as a competitor due to overlapping functionalities and target use cases.
ROCm
ROCm
ROCm (Radeon Open Compute) is AMD's open-source software platform for GPU-accelerated computing. It provides an alternative to CUDA and overlaps significantly with OpenCL in terms of functionality and target applications.
OpenACC
OpenACC
OpenACC is a directive-based programming model for accelerating code on heterogeneous systems. It offers an alternative approach to GPU programming compared to OpenCL, making it a competitor.
Vulkan SC
Vulkan SC
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Vulkan SC (Safety Critical) is a subset of Vulkan designed for safety-critical systems, it has the same overlap in functionality as Vulkan, but in a more restricted setting, thus a competitor to OpenCL.
Metal
Metal
Metal is Apple's low-level graphics and compute API. It serves as a direct competitor to OpenCL on Apple platforms, providing similar functionality for GPU acceleration.
Number of organizations that mention technology
1,234
OpenCL
4,238
CUDA
211
HIP
1,064
Vulkan
115
ROCm
149
OpenACC
9
Vulkan SC
906
Metal
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OpenCL Complementary Technologies

SYCL
SYCL
SYCL is a higher-level programming model built on top of OpenCL. It provides a single-source C++ interface for heterogeneous computing, simplifying the development process compared to raw OpenCL.
Halide
Halide
Halide is a programming language designed for writing high-performance image and array processing code. It can be used as a front-end to generate OpenCL kernels, making it complementary to OpenCL.
Video Pipelines
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OpenCL can be used to accelerate video processing pipelines by offloading computationally intensive tasks to GPUs or other accelerators. Video pipelines can be accelerated using OpenCL.
Number of organizations that mention technology
1,234
OpenCL
138
SYCL
62
Halide
9
Video Pipelines
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Which job functions commonly mention OpenCL?

Machine Learning
0.9% of all Machine Learning jobs mention OpenCL
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AI Engineer
0.6% of all AI Engineer jobs mention OpenCL
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Chip Designer
0.5% of all Chip Designer jobs mention OpenCL
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Software Engineer
0.1% of all Software Engineer jobs mention OpenCL
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Engineer
0.1% of all Engineer jobs mention OpenCL
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Which organizations are mentioning OpenCL?

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NVIDIA
Scientific and Technical Services 
111 team
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 272 people
use OpenCL
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Intel Corporation
Manufacturing 
98 team
mention OpenCL
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 201 people
use OpenCL
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AMD
Manufacturing 
91 team
mention OpenCL
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 222 people
use OpenCL
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Qualcomm
Scientific and Technical Services 
78 team
mention OpenCL
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 119 people
use OpenCL
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Apple
Scientific and Technical Services 
56 team
mention OpenCL
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 177 people
use OpenCL
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