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OpenCL 3.0.18 Published With New Extensions & Other Updates

Written by Michael Larabel in Standards on 3 April 2025 at 04:38 PM EDT. 11 Comments
The Khronos Group today published the OpenCL 3.0.18 specifications as the latest incremental update to OpenCL 3.0.

OpenCL 3.0.18 brings a new version of the cl_khr_icd extension for loader-managed dispatch, adds the cl_ext_buffer_device_address extension, adding the cl_ext_immutable_memory_objects extension, integrating select extensions into the unified spec, and other updates and clarifications.

See this commit for more details on changes merged since the prior OpenCL 3.0.17 spec:

👁 OpenCL 3.0.18 changes


The OpenCL 3.0.18 specification is available from GitHub.

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