# OpenCL 3.1 is Here

DevFeed: [OpenCL 3.1 is Here](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/opencl-3-1-is-here-15115.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.khronos.org/blog/opencl-3.1-is-here>)

Author: Khronos Group (webservices@khronosgroup.org)

Published: 2026-05-04T07:01:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

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

Topics: [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cross-platform.md>), [Compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compiler.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [toolchain](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/toolchain.md>)

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## AI overview

The Khronos OpenCL Working Group has released OpenCL 3.1, moving field-proven capabilities into the core specification. The release mandates SPIR-V kernel ingestion for conformant implementations and expands cross-platform availability through a growing implementation, compiler, runtime, and framework ecosystem.

## Source excerpt

On the eve of IWOCL 2026, the Khronos® OpenCL Working Group has released OpenCL™ 3.1, bringing widely deployed, field-proven capabilities into the core specification to expand functionality, including SPIR-V ingestion, that developers will be able to rely on across conformant implementations. The new specification arrives into a growing OpenCL ecosystem, with implementations from multiple silicon vendors, particularly in mobile and embedded markets, and higher-level frameworks including SYCL™ and chipStar increasingly targeting OpenCL as an acceleration backend. The open-source compiler and runtime ecosystem around OpenCL also continues to mature with layered implementations of OpenCL over Vulkan and DirectX 12 -- widening OpenCL's cross-platform availability, including on platforms without native drivers.