> But it's interesting to consider why HIP doesn't support compiling to OpenCL. It's not HIP that will support compiling _to_ OpenCL, but rather the compiler t

> But it's interesting to consider why HIP doesn't support compiling to OpenCL. It's not HIP that will support compiling _to_ OpenCL, but rather the compiler toolchain will have an OpenCL compiler that will compile down to ISA [1], promised to be released for the ROCm stack in the coming weeks [2]. [1] https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/open-source-amd-linux/881414-amd-radeon-rx-480-on-linux?p=882080#post882080 https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-d... [2] https://github.com/RadeonOpenCompute/ROCm/issues/30 https://github.com/RadeonOpenCompute/ROCm/issues/30