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Litherum @litherum.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Today I discovered that Microsoft made an implementation of OpenCL that runs on DirectX 12, which I guess means that DXIL is supposed to be able to represent more than just what HLSL can represent. (E.g. OpenCL supports pointers but HLSL doesn't) github.com/microsoft/Op...

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GitHub - microsoft/OpenCLOn12: The OpenCL-on-D3D12 mapping layer

The OpenCL-on-D3D12 mapping layer. Contribute to microsoft/OpenCLOn12 development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Raph Levien @raphlinus.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Are you sure it's not just running SPIR-V? I haven't dug into this at all, but that's what I would expect.

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Litherum @litherum.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

From the GitHub readme: > Additionally, DXIL.dll from the Windows SDK will be required at runtime to sign and validate the DXIL shaders produced by the compiler.

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