NEWS.md

DLPack Change Log

This file records the changes in DLPack in reverse chronological order.

v0.8

• Add kDLBool

v0.7

• Add kDLHexagon
• Add kDLOneAPI
• Add DLPACK_VERSION and DLPACK_ABI_VERSION

v0.6

• Add kDLROCMHost
• Add kDLCUDAManaged

v0.5

Rename enum values

• kDLGPU -> kDLCUDA
• kDLCPUPinned -> kDLCUDAHost The ABI is backward compatible, as it is only change of constant name, exchange can still happen between the new version and old version.

v0.4

• OpaqueHandle type
• Complex support
• Rename DLContext -> DLDevice
  • This requires dependent frameworks to upgrade the type name.
  • The ABI is backward compatible, as it is only change of constant name.

v0.3

• Add bfloat16
• Vulkan support

v0.2

• New device types
  • kDLMetal for Apple Metal device
  • kDLVPI for verilog simulator memory
  • kDLROCM for AMD GPUs
• Add prefix DL to all enum constant values
  • This requires dependent frameworks to upgrade their reference to these constant
  • The ABI is compatible, as it is only change of constant name.
• Add DLManagedTensor structure for borrowing tensors

v0.1

• Finalize DLTensor structure