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Added oneAPI Construction Kit Update Post

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+title: "The oneAPI Construction Kit and SYCLOPS"
+date: 2024-05-14
+layout: update
+tags:
+  - oneapi
+  - construction-kit
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+With software evolving quickly, it has become increasingly common for hardware vendors to create specialist AI
+processors that run their software more efficiently than would be possible with out-of-the-box hardware. While
+these custom processors can offer the advantage of performance, they come with challenges for developers. Primary
+among these is the challenge of enabling the latest software on the latest generation of processors. This can involve
+major software porting efforts to proprietary and non-standard programming models, creating additional work for
+customers, who will need to work on time-consuming optimizations and porting for their applications.
+
+The oneAPI Construction Kit was created to solve these challenges by bringing all the benefits of simplified
+heterogeneous programming to new and custom hardware. It brings the oneAPI ecosystem to these architectures and makes it
+easy to access a wealth of supported SYCL-based libraries. All of this means less time spent on porting efforts and
+maintaining separate codebases for different architectures, and more time for innovation.
+
+With the SYCLOPS Project, Codeplay will bring together the RISC-V and SYCL standards into a portable software stack via
+the oneAPI Construction Kit. The hardware will come from another member of the project, Codasip. Their custom RISC-V
+based accelerator, together with the oneAPI Construction Kit, will demonstrate competitive performance with open
+standards and portable code. Three use cases – high-energy physics, oncology and autonomous systems – will highlight the
+versatility of the SYCLOPS software stack and show real world benefits.
+
+On a smaller scale, Codeplay has previously demonstrated a full software programming environment using oneAPI and SYCL
+for the next generation of RISC-V vector processors using the oneAPI Construction Kit, and in this short clip below, our
+CEO and co-founder Andrew Richards demonstrates this by running code using an Intel CPU and a custom FPGA simulating a
+RISC-V accelerator.
+
+![Codeplay's Andrew Richards Demos oneAPI Construction Kit](/static/images/updates/2024-05-14-the-oneapi-construction-kit-and-syclops/andrew-richards-demo.png)
+
+Codeplay and Axelera AI jointly released a case study that highlighted the success Axelera AI had when using the
+oneAPI Construction Kit to bring open standards to their Metis AIPU. This was a real testament to what can be
+achieved with the oneAPI Construction Kit, [and you can read more about this here!](https://codeplay.com/portal/blogs/2024/04/09/axelera-uses-oneapi-construction-kit-to-rapidly-enable-open-standards-programming-for-the-metis-aipu)

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