Khronos Establishes European Entity, Issues OpenCL SDK Maintenance RFP
The Khronos Group announced today, October 1, 2026, the establishment of Khronos AISBL, an international non-profit association based in Brussels, Belgium. This new entity will operate under the governance of The Khronos Group Inc., maintaining the existing membership, IP framework, and specification processes. The move "enables European organizations to include Khronos as a formal project partner in major EU-funded research and innovation programs," according to Khronos. Concurrently, Khronos issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the maintenance of its OpenCL SDK. The OpenCL SDK is an open-source collection of OpenCL samples, utility libraries, language bindings, and continuous integration infrastructure. The RFP's objective is "to address identified bugs and issues in the SDK and to improve its functionality and usability."