"Lingua franca"

[jonysy]

TODO..

Reference Table

OpenCL	CUDA	Parenchyma	Collenchyma
program	module	bundle	binary
??	??	buffer	memory
kernel	function	function	??
work-group	block	..	n/a
work-item	thread	..	n/a
compute unit	streaming multiprocessor	compute unit (CPU core)	compute unit
compute device	CUDA-enabled GPU (non-CPU)	device	hardware
Host	CPU	CPU	CPU??
processing element	streaming processor	..	n/a
work-group	thread block	..	n/a
kernel execution instance	kernel grid??	..	n/a
context	context	context	device??
command queues	CUDA streams	channels	??
CL_DEVICE_TYPE	??	device kind	hardware type

note:

*A streaming multiprocessor (*CUDA), or a compute unit (*OpenCL), has 8 streaming processors.
*OpenCL contexts can have more than one device.
*CUDA contexts are tied to single device ??.
*More than one OpenCL command queue can be associated with a single device.
*More than one CUDA streams can be associated with a single context.
*Certain GPU devices may not support double precision.

symbols:

symbol	meaning
??	not sure
..	TODO