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Boost.Compute</h2></div> 25<div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"> 26<span class="firstname">Kyle</span> <span class="surname">Lutz</span> 27</h3></div></div> 28<div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2013, 2014 Kyle Lutz</p></div> 29<div><div class="legalnotice"> 30<a name="compute.legal"></a><p> 31 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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href="boost_compute/getting_started.html#boost_compute.getting_started.support">Support</a></span></dt> 48</dl></dd> 49<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/design.html">Design</a></span></dt> 50<dd><dl> 51<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/design.html#boost_compute.design.library_architecture">Library Architecture</a></span></dt> 52<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/design.html#boost_compute.design.why_opencl">Why OpenCL</a></span></dt> 53</dl></dd> 54<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/tutorial.html">Tutorial</a></span></dt> 55<dd><dl> 56<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/tutorial.html#boost_compute.tutorial.hello_world">Hello World</a></span></dt> 57<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/tutorial.html#boost_compute.tutorial.transferring_data">Transferring 58 Data</a></span></dt> 59<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/tutorial.html#boost_compute.tutorial.transforming_data">Transforming 60 Data</a></span></dt> 61</dl></dd> 62<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/advanced_topics.html">Advanced Topics</a></span></dt> 63<dd><dl> 64<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/advanced_topics.html#boost_compute.advanced_topics.vector_data_types">Vector 65 Data Types</a></span></dt> 66<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/advanced_topics.html#boost_compute.advanced_topics.custom_functions">Custom 67 Functions</a></span></dt> 68<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/advanced_topics.html#boost_compute.advanced_topics.custom_types">Custom Types</a></span></dt> 69<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/advanced_topics.html#boost_compute.advanced_topics.complex_values">Complex 70 Values</a></span></dt> 71<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/advanced_topics.html#boost_compute.advanced_topics.lambda_expressions">Lambda 72 Expressions</a></span></dt> 73<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/advanced_topics.html#boost_compute.advanced_topics.asynchronous_operations">Asynchronous 74 Operations</a></span></dt> 75<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/advanced_topics.html#boost_compute.advanced_topics.performance_timing">Performance 76 Timing</a></span></dt> 77<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/advanced_topics.html#boost_compute.advanced_topics.opencl_api_interoperability">OpenCL 78 API Interoperability</a></span></dt> 79</dl></dd> 80<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/interop.html">Interoperability</a></span></dt> 81<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/interop.html#boost_compute.interop.opengl">OpenGL</a></span></dt></dl></dd> 82<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/porting_guide.html">Porting Guide</a></span></dt> 83<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/porting_guide.html#boost_compute.porting_guide.opencl_api">OpenCL API</a></span></dt></dl></dd> 84<dt><span 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96<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/performance.html">Performance</a></span></dt> 97<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_compute/faq.html">Frequently Asked Questions</a></span></dt> 98</dl> 99</div> 100<div class="section"> 101<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> 102<a name="boost_compute.introduction"></a><a class="link" href="index.html#boost_compute.introduction" title="Introduction">Introduction</a> 103</h2></div></div></div> 104<p> 105 The Boost Compute library provides a C++ interface to multi-core CPU and GPGPU 106 computing platforms based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCL" target="_top">OpenCL</a>. 107 </p> 108<p> 109 The project is hosted on GitHub at <a href="https://github.com/boostorg/compute" target="_top">https://github.com/boostorg/compute</a>. 110 Click the arrow below to see the guide on <a class="link" href="boost_compute/getting_started.html" title="Getting Started">Getting 111 Started</a>. 112 </p> 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