Crate ringkernel_metal 

Metal Backend for RingKernel

This crate provides Apple Metal GPU support for RingKernel. Supports macOS, iOS, and Apple Silicon.

Features

• Event-driven kernel execution (Metal compute shaders)
• MSL (Metal Shading Language) support
• Apple Silicon optimization
• Unified memory architecture support

Limitations

• No true persistent kernels (Metal doesn’t support cooperative groups)
• macOS/iOS only

Example

use ringkernel_metal::MetalRuntime;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let runtime = MetalRuntime::new().await?;
    let kernel = runtime.launch("compute", Default::default()).await?;
    kernel.activate().await?;
    Ok(())
}

Structs

MetalRuntime

Stub runtime when the backend feature is disabled.

Constants

K2K_HALO_EXCHANGE_MSL_TEMPLATE

MSL (Metal Shading Language) K2K Halo Exchange template.

RING_KERNEL_MSL_TEMPLATE

MSL (Metal Shading Language) kernel template.

Functions

is_metal_available

Check if Metal is available at runtime.