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# XPU Streams

XPU streams provide a mechanism for asynchronous execution of operations
on Intel GPUs. Like CUDA streams, operations queued to the same stream execute
in order, while operations on different streams can execute concurrently.

## XPUStream

```{doxygenclass} c10::xpu::XPUStream
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```

**Example:**

```cpp
#include <c10/xpu/XPUStream.h>

// Get the current XPU stream
auto stream = c10::xpu::getCurrentXPUStream();

// Create a new stream from the pool
auto new_stream = c10::xpu::getStreamFromPool();

// Synchronize
stream.synchronize();
```

## Acquiring XPU Streams

```{doxygenfunction} c10::xpu::getCurrentXPUStream
```

```{doxygenfunction} c10::xpu::setCurrentXPUStream
```

```{doxygenfunction} c10::xpu::getStreamFromPool(const bool isHighPriority, DeviceIndex device)
```

## Stream Synchronization

```{doxygenfunction} c10::xpu::syncStreamsOnDevice
```