WebCL

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WebCL
Developer(s) WebCL Working Group
Operating system Cross-platform
Type API
Website www.khronos.org/webcl

WebCL (Web Computing Language) is a JavaScript binding to OpenCL for heterogeneous parallel computing within any compatible web browser without the use of plug-ins. Primarily, WebCL allows web applications to actualize speed with multi-core CPUs and GPUs; this intends to make computationally intensive programs feasible in the browser, e.g. physics engines, canvas element and video editing. WebCL is designed and maintained by the non-profit Khronos Group.[1] WebCL is currently a draft.[2]

Implementation

Currently, no browsers natively support WebCL, because it is new. However, non-native add-ons are used to implement WebCL. For example, Nokia developed a WebCL extension.[3]

Currently Reflect the WebCL Working Draft

References

  1. "WebCL". Khronos Group. Retrieved May 6, 2012. 
  2. "WebCL Work Group announces first WebCL working draft". Khronos Group. Retrieved May 6, 2012. 
  3. "WebCL". Nokia Research. Retrieved May 6, 2012. 

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