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WebCL is not yet standardized, there is still ongoing discussion about that last I heard.

In any case, the two are not mutually exclusive, different people are working on each.



The version 1.0.0 was standardized in March 2014 - https://www.khronos.org/registry/webcl/specs/1.0.0/


Oh, interesting, I wasn't aware of that!

Do you know what the implementation status and intention to implement is, among browsers?


WebCL implementations for Firefox and Chromium exist for 2 years. But they have not been included in any alpha, beta or canary release. Browser developers don't seem to care about WebCL, but they do care about WebGL, which is strange.

Samsung made it work in Tizen, but sadly, it is not very widespread OS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TurCVdaUTMY




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