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foldy
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OpenCL on ARM or Xbox

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Microsoft now also provides an OpenCL driver which runs on top of DirectX12. This would it make possible in theory to run FAH on Xbox X when FAH delivers this OpenCL wrapper. https://github.com/microsoft/OpenCLOn12
JohnChodera
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Re: OpenCL on ARM or Xbox

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Interesting! Thanks for the heads up here---we'll raise this issue internally.

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foldy
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Re: OpenCL on ARM or Xbox

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For ARM devices running Windows Insider it can now also run OpenCL apps on top of DX12
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/ ... 10-on-arm/

OpenCLOn12 has MIT license and is fully compliant with OpenCL 1.2

Don't know if a similar approach would be possible to make an OpenCL 1.2 wrapper for Playstation 5 OpenGL driver
MeeLee
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Re: OpenCL on ARM or Xbox

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I hope the XBox X will run Windows exe files.
There is a possibility it won't run all programs Windows does. It may need a Windows store client app version of FAH.
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Re: OpenCL on ARM or Xbox

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Yes it needs a Windows store app. But the problem for Xbox was it does not have OpenCL driver. With OpenCLonDX12 now FAH has an option.
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