# New OpenVX Extensions Streamline Compute Workloads on Heterogeneous SoCs

DevFeed: [New OpenVX Extensions Streamline Compute Workloads on Heterogeneous SoCs](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/new-openvx-extensions-streamline-compute-workloads-on-heterogeneous-socs-15118.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.khronos.org/blog/openvx-extensions-unlock-computer-vision-and-ai-capabilities>)

Author: jphilips (jeff@khronosgroup.org)

Published: 2026-04-13T13:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Blogs Khronos Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blogs-khronos-blog.md>)

Topics: [Computer vision](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-vision.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [compute](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compute.md>), [computer-vision](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-vision.md>), [distributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [openvx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openvx.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>)

## AI overview

The OpenVX Working Group has released the Target Kernel and Node Command extensions for computer vision and AI applications on heterogeneous SoCs. The extensions support remote compute execution and asynchronous runtime control, and their functionality is planned for inclusion as core features in OpenVX 2.0.

## Source excerpt

New extensions address long-standing challenges in distributed computing and runtime control, delivering the final core features for OpenVX 2.0.