# llama.cpp for SYCL
- [Background](#background)
+- [Recommended Release](#recommended-release)
- [News](#news)
- [OS](#os)
- [Hardware](#hardware)
It has the similar design of other llama.cpp BLAS-based paths such as *OpenBLAS, cuBLAS, etc..*. In beginning work, the oneAPI's [SYCLomatic](https://github.com/oneapi-src/SYCLomatic) open-source migration tool (Commercial release [IntelĀ® DPC++ Compatibility Tool](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/oneapi/dpc-compatibility-tool.html)) was used for this purpose.
+## Recommended Release
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+The SYCL backend would be broken by some PRs due to no online CI.
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+The following release is verified with good quality:
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+|Commit ID|Tag|Release|Verified Platform|
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+|fb76ec31a9914b7761c1727303ab30380fd4f05c|b3038 |[llama-b3038-bin-win-sycl-x64.zip](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/releases/download/b3038/llama-b3038-bin-win-sycl-x64.zip) |Arc770/Linux/oneAPI 2024.1<br>MTL Arc GPU/Windows 11/oneAPI 2024.1|
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## News
+- 2024.5
+ - Performance is increased: 34 -> 37 tokens/s of llama-2-7b.Q4_0 on Arc770.
+ - Arch Linux is verified successfully.
+
- 2024.4
- Support data types: GGML_TYPE_IQ4_NL, GGML_TYPE_IQ4_XS, GGML_TYPE_IQ3_XXS, GGML_TYPE_IQ3_S, GGML_TYPE_IQ2_XXS, GGML_TYPE_IQ2_XS, GGML_TYPE_IQ2_S, GGML_TYPE_IQ1_S, GGML_TYPE_IQ1_M.