# fsycl-explicit-simd

Enables or disables the experimental "Explicit SIMD" SYCL* extension. This is a deprecated option that may be removed in a future release. This content is specific to DPC++.

## Syntax

Linux: | -fsycl-explicit-simd -fno-sycl-explicit-simd

Windows: | -fsycl-explicit-simd -fno-sycl-explicit-simd

## Arguments

None

## Default

-fno-sycl-explicit-simd | The explicit SIMD SYCL* extension is disabled.

## Description

This option enables or disables the experimental "Explicit SIMD" SYCL* extension.

If you specify option -fsycl-explicit-simd, it enables the experimental "Explicit SIMD" SYCL* extension for lower-level Intel GPU programming. It allows you to write explicitly vectorized device code. Note that APIs for this feature may change in the future.

## IDE Equivalent

None

## Alternate Options

None

Parent topic: Offload Compilation Options, OpenMP* Options, and Parallel Processing Options

## See Also

Explicit SIMD SYCL* Extension