Developer Guide for Intel® SDK for OpenCL™ Applications 2017
                    
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                        773042
                    
                
                
                    Date
                    10/22/2018
                
                
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                                Legal Information
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                Getting Help and Support
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                Introducing the Intel® SDK for OpenCL™ Applications
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                What's New in This Release
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                Which Version of the Intel® SDK for OpenCL™ Applications Should I Use?
                            
                        
                            
                                Intel® Code Builder for OpenCL™ API Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio*
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                Intel® Code Builder for OpenCL™ API Plug-in for Eclipse*
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                Debugging OpenCL™ Kernels on GPU
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                Intel® SDK for OpenCL™ Applications Standalone Version
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                OpenCL™ 2.1 Development Environment
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                Intel® FPGA Emulation Platform for OpenCL™ Getting Started Guide
                            
                        
                            
                                Troubleshooting Intel® SDK for OpenCL™ Applications Issues
                            
                            
                        
                    
                
                                                
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        Configuring Microsoft Visual Studio* IDE
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        Converting an Existing Project into an OpenCL™ Project
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                        OpenCL™ New Project Wizard
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        Building an OpenCL™ Project
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        Using OpenCL™ Build Properties
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        Selecting a Target OpenCL™ Device
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        Generating and Viewing Assembly Code
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        Generating and Viewing LLVM Code
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        Generating Intermediate Program Binaries with Intel® Code Builder for OpenCL™ API Plug-in
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        Configuring OpenCL™ Build Options
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                        Creating Buffer Variables
To create a new buffer variable:
- Open the Code Builder Variable Management view. Go to Tools > Intel Code Builder for OpenCL API > OpenCL Kernel Development > Windows > Variable Management.
- Click the Choose type drop-down menu at the bottom of the view, and select Buffers.
- Fill out the dialog box entries:
| Field | Options | 
|---|---|
| Name | Enter a meaningful name, or leave the default. | 
| IO Mode | Use the drop-down to select Input, Output, or InOut | 
| Number of Elements | Enter the number of elements, or leave the default value of 1. | 
| Memory flags to use | Use the drop-down to select a memory flag, or leave the default CL_MEM_USE_HOST_PTR | 
| Use as SVM | Check to use the buffer as an SVM on systems that support SVM. | 
| Initialization options | For Input, or InOut IO Mode, you need to set an initialization option. To select an input .csv or binary file as the initialization option, click the browse (...) button. 
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     NOTE: 
   
 Output buffers do not need a value assigned to them. If a value is assigned, it is ignored.