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diff --git a/kernel/c/life.c b/kernel/c/life.c
index eefabcd..92d6e9d 100644
--- a/kernel/c/life.c
+++ b/kernel/c/life.c
@@ -57,6 +57,19 @@ void life_refresh_img (void)
       cur_img (i, j) = cur_table (i, j) * color;
 }
 
+// Only called when --dump or --thumbnails is used
+void life_refresh_img_ocl(void)
+{
+  cl_int err;
+
+  err = clEnqueueReadBuffer(queue, cur_buffer, CL_TRUE, 0,
+                            sizeof(unsigned) * DIM * DIM, _table, 0, NULL,
+                            NULL);
+  check(err, "Failed to read buffer from GPU");
+
+  life_refresh_img();
+}
+
 static inline void swap_tables (void)
 {
   cell_t *tmp = _table;
@@ -132,6 +145,38 @@ unsigned life_compute_tiled (unsigned nb_iter)
   return res;
 }
 
+// omp tiled version
+unsigned life_compute_omp_tiled (unsigned nb_iter)
+{
+  unsigned res = 0, change = 0, temp = 0;
+
+  for (unsigned it = 1; it <= nb_iter; it++) {
+    change = 0;
+    temp = 0;
+
+    #pragma omp parallel for schedule(runtime) collapse(2) shared(change) private(temp)
+    for (int y = 0; y < DIM; y += TILE_H)
+    {
+      for (int x = 0; x < DIM; x += TILE_W)
+      {
+        temp = do_tile (x, y, TILE_W, TILE_H, omp_get_thread_num());
+
+        #pragma omp critical
+        change |= temp;
+      }
+    }
+
+    swap_tables ();
+
+    if (!change) { // we stop if all cells are stable
+      res = it;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return res;
+}
+
 ///////////////////////////// Initial configs
 
 void life_draw_guns (void);
diff --git a/kernel/ocl/life.cl b/kernel/ocl/life.cl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9aac40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/ocl/life.cl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+__kernel void life_ocl (__global unsigned *in, __global unsigned *out)
+{
+
+}
+
+// DO NOT MODIFY: this kernel updates the OpenGL texture buffer
+// This is a life-specific version (generic version is defined in common.cl)
+__kernel void life_update_texture (__global unsigned *cur, __write_only image2d_t tex)
+{
+  int y = get_global_id (1);
+  int x = get_global_id (0);
+
+  // write_imagef (tex, (int2)(x, y), color_scatter (cur [y * DIM + x] * 0xFFFF00FF));
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/validate_life b/validate_life
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4df35bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate_life
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [ -z $1 ]
+then
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+ITERATIONS="500 1000 5000"
+SIZE=2176
+VERSION="octa_off"
+LIFE_CONFIG=$1
+
+for iter in $ITERATIONS
+do
+    ./run -k life -v $LIFE_CONFIG -s $SIZE -a $VERSION -du -n -i $iter
+
+    TRUTH="dumps/dump-life-seq-dim-$SIZE-iter-$iter.png"
+    GENERATED="dump-life-$LIFE_CONFIG-dim-$SIZE-iter-$iter.png"
+
+    diff $GENERATED $TRUTH
+    equal=$?
+
+    rm $GENERATED
+
+    if [ $equal -ne 0 ]
+    then
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+exit 0