How to get a “random” number in OpenCL

Question

I\'m looking to get a random number in OpenCL. It doesn\'t have to be real random or even that random. Just something simple and quick.

I see there is a ton of rea

Answer 1

why not? you could just write a kernel that generates random numbers, tough that would need more kernel calls and eventually passing the random numbers as argument to your other kernel which needs them