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# ComputeStream

A stream of work to be run asynchronously.

```
final class ComputeStream
```

## Overview

A compute stream is what is provided to [`encode(inputs:states:outputViews:to:)`](/documentation/CoreAI/InferenceFunction/encode(inputs:states:outputViews:to:))
to encode the work onto the stream. Multiple inferences encoded to the same stream are serialized as needed
based on the the values read/written.

## Topics

### Creating a stream

[`init()`](/documentation/CoreAI/ComputeStream/init())

Initialize an empty compute stream.

[`init(commandQueue:)`](/documentation/CoreAI/ComputeStream/init(commandQueue:))

Initialize a compute stream which will encode its work to the provided command queue.

### Waiting for work to finish

[`currentWorkCompleted()`](/documentation/CoreAI/ComputeStream/currentWorkCompleted())

Waits for all previous work encoded to this stream to be complete.


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