Function main

example/time_copy.cpp:25–61

namespace compute = boost::compute;

int main()
{
    // get the default device
    compute::device gpu = compute::system::default_device();

    // create context for default device
    compute::context context(gpu);

    // create command queue with profiling enabled
    compute::command_queue queue(
        context, gpu, compute::command_queue::enable_profiling
    );

    // generate random data on the host
    std::vector<int> host_vector(16000000);
    std::generate(host_vector.begin(), host_vector.end(), rand);

    // create a vector on the device
    compute::vector<int> device_vector(host_vector.size(), context);

    // copy data from the host to the device
    compute::future<void> future = compute::copy_async(
        host_vector.begin(), host_vector.end(), device_vector.begin(), queue
    );

    // wait for copy to finish
    future.wait();

    // get elapsed time from event profiling information
    boost::chrono::milliseconds duration =
        future.get_event().duration<boost::chrono::milliseconds>();

    // print elapsed time in milliseconds
    std::cout << "time: " << duration.count() << " ms" << std::endl;

    return 0;
}

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