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Refreshing that they use an OpenCL backend instead of CUDA. Would love for OpenCL to grow more to challenge CUDA’s dominance in scientific computing.

True! The fact that you'd be able to use pretty much any GPU - even integrated/AMD/NVidia would really help.

Speaking of which, doesn't the new Vulkan API include compute too?

Yes, Vulkan includes compute capabilities. For example, here is a relevant section about compute pipelines in the Vulkan specification: https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspe...