How to add a new backend?

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#16,034 opened on Dec 2, 2025 4 comments 0 reactions 1 assignee View on GitHub

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Hi, I've already seen that some backends already supported from here. Is there a convenient way to add a new backend, like CANN or OpenCL, into executorch? BTW, if executorch will support OpenCL backend in the future?

cc @cccclai

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