# Silicon Welcome to the official documentation of **Silicon**. Here you will find explanations, practical examples, and detailed references covering the core features and design principles of the framework. ### What's Silicon? Silicon is an open source library designed to connect Java to GPU computing. It's minimal, portable and easy to use. The project is packed into multiple components: * API: Defines the rules and the execution flow * CUDA: Implementation of the API through the CUDA library for NVIDIA * Metal: Implementation of the API through the Metal library for Apple * OpenCL: Implementation of the API through the OpenCL library for different ecosystems --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://silicon.brain4j.org/silicon.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.