diff --git a/taichi/backends/cpu/cpu_device.cpp b/taichi/backends/cpu/cpu_device.cpp
index 20ac5bf7013d4..0b0317e0628c9 100644
--- a/taichi/backends/cpu/cpu_device.cpp
+++ b/taichi/backends/cpu/cpu_device.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,19 @@ void CpuDevice::dealloc_memory(DeviceAllocation handle) {
   info.ptr = nullptr;
 }
 
+DeviceAllocation CpuDevice::import_memory(void *ptr, size_t size) {
+  AllocInfo info;
+  info.ptr = ptr;
+  info.size = size;
+
+  DeviceAllocation alloc;
+  alloc.alloc_id = allocations_.size();
+  alloc.device = this;
+
+  allocations_.push_back(info);
+  return alloc;
+}
+
 }  // namespace cpu
 }  // namespace lang
 
diff --git a/taichi/backends/cpu/cpu_device.h b/taichi/backends/cpu/cpu_device.h
index 82f88f9483c1b..3b9198adde232 100644
--- a/taichi/backends/cpu/cpu_device.h
+++ b/taichi/backends/cpu/cpu_device.h
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ class CpuDevice : public Device {
   void unmap(DevicePtr ptr) override{TI_NOT_IMPLEMENTED};
   void unmap(DeviceAllocation alloc) override{TI_NOT_IMPLEMENTED};
 
+  DeviceAllocation import_memory(void *ptr, size_t size);
+
   void memcpy_internal(DevicePtr dst, DevicePtr src, uint64_t size) override{
       TI_NOT_IMPLEMENTED};
 
diff --git a/taichi/backends/cuda/cuda_device.cpp b/taichi/backends/cuda/cuda_device.cpp
index 36040b6f1f807..65903e49aa166 100644
--- a/taichi/backends/cuda/cuda_device.cpp
+++ b/taichi/backends/cuda/cuda_device.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,19 @@ void CudaDevice::dealloc_memory(DeviceAllocation handle) {
   info.ptr = nullptr;
 }
 
+DeviceAllocation CudaDevice::import_memory(void *ptr, size_t size) {
+  AllocInfo info;
+  info.ptr = ptr;
+  info.size = size;
+
+  DeviceAllocation alloc;
+  alloc.alloc_id = allocations_.size();
+  alloc.device = this;
+
+  allocations_.push_back(info);
+  return alloc;
+}
+
 }  // namespace cuda
 }  // namespace lang
 
diff --git a/taichi/backends/cuda/cuda_device.h b/taichi/backends/cuda/cuda_device.h
index 2a9c745ce50dc..c1bbe5e99b387 100644
--- a/taichi/backends/cuda/cuda_device.h
+++ b/taichi/backends/cuda/cuda_device.h
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ class CudaDevice : public Device {
   void memcpy_internal(DevicePtr dst, DevicePtr src, uint64_t size) override{
       TI_NOT_IMPLEMENTED};
 
+  DeviceAllocation import_memory(void *ptr, size_t size);
+
   Stream *get_compute_stream() override{TI_NOT_IMPLEMENTED};
 
  private:
diff --git a/taichi/backends/device.h b/taichi/backends/device.h
index a87db93d22ab4..467462fdadb4d 100644
--- a/taichi/backends/device.h
+++ b/taichi/backends/device.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ struct DeviceAllocation {
   Device *device{nullptr};
   uint32_t alloc_id{0};
 
-  DevicePtr get_ptr(uint64_t offset) const;
+  DevicePtr get_ptr(uint64_t offset = 0) const;
 
   bool operator==(const DeviceAllocation &other) const {
     return other.device == device && other.alloc_id == alloc_id;
diff --git a/taichi/llvm/llvm_program.cpp b/taichi/llvm/llvm_program.cpp
index 92e1e7fcebb0a..b1dd3651050c4 100644
--- a/taichi/llvm/llvm_program.cpp
+++ b/taichi/llvm/llvm_program.cpp
@@ -166,12 +166,29 @@ void LlvmProgramImpl::initialize_llvm_runtime_snodes(const SNodeTree *tree,
   TI_TRACE("Allocating data structure of size {} bytes", scomp->root_size);
   std::size_t rounded_size =
       taichi::iroundup(scomp->root_size, taichi_page_size);
+
+  Ptr root_buffer = snode_tree_buffer_manager->allocate(
+      runtime_jit, llvm_runtime, rounded_size, taichi_page_size, tree->id(),
+      result_buffer);
+
+  DeviceAllocation alloc{kDeviceNullAllocation};
+
+  if (config->arch == Arch::cuda) {
+#if defined(TI_WITH_CUDA)
+    alloc = cuda_device()->import_memory(root_buffer, rounded_size);
+#else
+    TI_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
+#endif
+  } else {
+    alloc = cpu_device()->import_memory(root_buffer, rounded_size);
+  }
+
+  snode_tree_allocs_[tree->id()] = alloc;
+
   runtime_jit->call<void *, std::size_t, int, int, int, std::size_t, Ptr>(
       "runtime_initialize_snodes", llvm_runtime, scomp->root_size, root_id,
-      (int)snodes.size(), tree->id(), rounded_size,
-      snode_tree_buffer_manager->allocate(runtime_jit, llvm_runtime,
-                                          rounded_size, taichi_page_size,
-                                          tree->id(), result_buffer));
+      (int)snodes.size(), tree->id(), rounded_size, root_buffer);
+
   for (int i = 0; i < (int)snodes.size(); i++) {
     if (is_gc_able(snodes[i]->type)) {
       std::size_t node_size;
@@ -527,5 +544,15 @@ cuda::CudaDevice *LlvmProgramImpl::cuda_device() {
   return static_cast<cuda::CudaDevice *>(device_.get());
 }
 
+cpu::CpuDevice *LlvmProgramImpl::cpu_device() {
+  TI_ERROR_IF(!arch_is_cpu(config->arch), "arch is not cpu");
+  return static_cast<cpu::CpuDevice *>(device_.get());
+}
+
+DevicePtr LlvmProgramImpl::get_snode_tree_device_ptr(int tree_id) {
+  DeviceAllocation tree_alloc = snode_tree_allocs_[tree_id];
+  return tree_alloc.get_ptr();
+}
+
 }  // namespace lang
 }  // namespace taichi
diff --git a/taichi/llvm/llvm_program.h b/taichi/llvm/llvm_program.h
index 3557e3ba094a1..3b7aefc15218e 100644
--- a/taichi/llvm/llvm_program.h
+++ b/taichi/llvm/llvm_program.h
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ namespace cuda {
 class CudaDevice;
 }
 
+namespace cpu {
+class CpuDevice;
+}
+
 class LlvmProgramImpl : public ProgramImpl {
  public:
   LlvmProgramImpl(CompileConfig &config, KernelProfilerBase *profiler);
@@ -132,6 +136,8 @@ class LlvmProgramImpl : public ProgramImpl {
     return device_.get();
   }
 
+  DevicePtr get_snode_tree_device_ptr(int tree_id) override;
+
  private:
   std::unique_ptr<TaichiLLVMContext> llvm_context_host{nullptr};
   std::unique_ptr<TaichiLLVMContext> llvm_context_device{nullptr};
@@ -143,8 +149,11 @@ class LlvmProgramImpl : public ProgramImpl {
 
   DeviceAllocation preallocated_device_buffer_alloc{kDeviceNullAllocation};
 
+  std::unordered_map<int, DeviceAllocation> snode_tree_allocs_;
+
   std::unique_ptr<Device> device_;
   cuda::CudaDevice *cuda_device();
+  cpu::CpuDevice *cpu_device();
 };
 }  // namespace lang
 }  // namespace taichi
diff --git a/taichi/program/program.h b/taichi/program/program.h
index 2fb5c82998ee4..f590c0607dda7 100644
--- a/taichi/program/program.h
+++ b/taichi/program/program.h
@@ -267,6 +267,18 @@ class Program {
 
   LlvmProgramImpl *get_llvm_program_impl();
 
+  DevicePtr get_snode_tree_device_ptr(int tree_id) {
+    return program_impl_->get_snode_tree_device_ptr(tree_id);
+  }
+
+  Device *get_compute_device() {
+    return program_impl_->get_compute_device();
+  }
+
+  Device *get_graphics_device() {
+    return program_impl_->get_graphics_device();
+  }
+
  private:
   /**
    * Materializes a new SNodeTree.
diff --git a/taichi/program/program_impl.h b/taichi/program/program_impl.h
index 0ae9183586d1a..5fab64ef62aa0 100644
--- a/taichi/program/program_impl.h
+++ b/taichi/program/program_impl.h
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ class ProgramImpl {
     return nullptr;
   }
 
+  virtual DevicePtr get_snode_tree_device_ptr(int tree_id) {
+    return kDeviceNullPtr;
+  }
+
   virtual ~ProgramImpl() {
   }
 
diff --git a/taichi/ui/common/field_info.cpp b/taichi/ui/common/field_info.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..db84184b3b882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taichi/ui/common/field_info.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#include "taichi/ui/common/field_info.h"
+#include "taichi/program/program.h"
+
+namespace taichi {
+
+namespace ui {
+
+using namespace taichi::lang;
+
+DevicePtr get_device_ptr(taichi::lang::Program *program, SNode *snode) {
+  /*
+  GGUI makes the assumption that the input fields are created directly from
+  ti.field() or ti.Vector field with `shape` specified. In other words, we
+  assume that the fields are created via ti.root.dense.place() That is, the
+  parent of the snode is a dense, and the parent of that node is a root. Note
+  that, GGUI's python-side code creates a staging buffer to construct the VBO,
+  which obeys this assumption. Thus, the only situation where this assumption
+  may be violated is for set_image(), because the image isn't part of the VBO.
+  Using this assumption, we will compute the offset of this field relative to
+  the begin of the root buffer.
+  */
+
+  SNode *dense_parent = snode->parent;
+  SNode *root = dense_parent->parent;
+
+  int tree_id = root->get_snode_tree_id();
+  DevicePtr root_ptr = program->get_snode_tree_device_ptr(tree_id);
+
+  size_t offset = 0;
+
+  int child_id = root->child_id(dense_parent);
+
+  TI_ASSERT_INFO(root == program->get_snode_root(tree_id),
+                 "SNode roots don't match");
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < child_id; ++i) {
+    SNode *child = root->ch[i].get();
+    offset += child->cell_size_bytes * child->num_cells_per_container;
+  }
+
+  return root_ptr.get_ptr(offset);
+}
+
+}  // namespace ui
+
+}  // namespace taichi
diff --git a/taichi/ui/common/field_info.h b/taichi/ui/common/field_info.h
index 1de960db86336..21f262492e3a2 100644
--- a/taichi/ui/common/field_info.h
+++ b/taichi/ui/common/field_info.h
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 #include "taichi/ui/utils/utils.h"
 
 #include "taichi/ir/type_utils.h"
+#include "taichi/ir/snode.h"
+#include "taichi/backends/device.h"
+#include "taichi/program/program.h"
 
 TI_UI_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
@@ -30,4 +33,7 @@ struct FieldInfo {
   }
 };
 
+taichi::lang::DevicePtr get_device_ptr(taichi::lang::Program *program,
+                                       taichi::lang::SNode *snode);
+
 TI_UI_NAMESPACE_END