Execute OpenCL code on the CPU

Question

I want to execute OpenCL code on a PC which doesn't have a graphics card, nor any other hardware component which is able to execute OpenCL. Is it possible compile my OpenCL code in a way that it can be executed on the CPU in Linux? Or is it possible to simulate a GPU environment on the CPU?

Note: It's about testing whether the code works as expected, not about performance.

Take a look at pocl: http://pocl.sourceforge.net/ – AkiRoss Oct 26 '13 at 12:54 — AkiRoss, Oct 26 '13 at 12:54

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 29 '13 at 19:18

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This looks like what you need, although you probably need to recompile, and the SDK linked from there appears specific to Intel CPUs; this link to AMD's documentation appears to describe the equivalent for AMD CPUs.

answered Apr 29 '13 at 19:18

Aaron Miller

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I could have come to this myself... The solution was simply to change `CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU` to `CL_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU` as described in the first link... – Misch Apr 29 '13 at 19:25
Well, if I saved you some time, I'd say that's a win for both of us. Glad to be of help! – Aaron Miller Apr 29 '13 at 19:38
Definitely saved me some time, thanks for the help :) – Misch Apr 29 '13 at 19:48
You may need to use "device fission" to fully use n-1 cores instead of not-fully using n cores. – huseyin tugrul buyukisik May 15 '13 at 14:57

Execute OpenCL code on the CPU

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