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NAME
       Async_Copy_and_Prefetch_Functions - Asynchronous copies between global and local memory and a prefetch
       from global memory.

       ┌────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
       │async_work_group_copy(3clc)         │ Perform an async copy                 │
       ├────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
       │async_work_group_strided_copy(3clc) │ Performs an async gather of           │
       │                                    │ num_elements gentype elements from    │
       │                                    │ source to destination.                │
       ├────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
       │wait_group_events(3clc)             │ Wait for events that identify the     │
       │                                    │ async_work_group_copy operations to   │
       │                                    │ complete.                             │
       ├────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
       │prefetch(3clc)                      │ Prefetch bytes into the global cache. │
       └────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘


DESCRIPTION
       The OpenCL C programming language implements these functions that provide asynchronous copies between
       global and local memory and a prefetch from global memory.


SPECIFICATION
       OpenCL Specification[1]


AUTHORS
       The Khronos Group


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NOTES
        1. OpenCL Specification
           page 276, section 6.12.10 - Async Copies from Global to Local Memory...