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RenderScript
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<p>RenderScript is a <a href="/facts/Deprecation/1aQL7rnP">deprecated</a> component of the <a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android operating system</a> for mobile devices that offers an <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">API</a> for acceleration that takes advantage of <a href="/facts/Heterogeneous_computing/FYkECQ75">heterogeneous</a> hardware. It allows developers to increase the performance of their applications at the cost of writing more complex (lower-level) code. </p><p>It provides the developer three primary tools: A simple 3D rendering API, a compute API similar to <a href="/facts/CUDA/fvPpolot">CUDA</a>, and a <a href="/facts/C99/o5uMWjTQ">C99</a>-derived language. </p>