Vulkan is a cross-platform API and open standard for 3D graphics and computing. It was intended to address the shortcomings of OpenGL, and allow developers...
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It can be compared to low-level APIs on other platforms such as Vulkan and DirectX 12. Metal is an object-oriented API that can be invoked using the Swift...
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While the API was officially discontinued, Clément Guérin started a Mantle to Vulkan translation layer called GRVK in mid 2020. This allows the API and ultimately...
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MoltenVK (category Vulkan (API))
MoltenVK library. Valve announced that Dota 2 will run on macOS using the Vulkan API with the aid of MoltenVK, and that they had made an arrangement with developer...
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Radeon 400 series (section Vulkan (API))
with only a driver update.[citation needed] API Vulkan 1.0 is supported for all GCN architecture cards. Vulkan 1.2 requires GCN 2nd gen or higher with the...
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Radeon RX 5000 series (section Vulkan (API))
utilized in other Vega product lines. Vulkan 1.2 is supported with Adrenalin 20.1.2 and Linux Mesa3D 20.0.0. Vulkan 1.3 is supported with Adrenalin 22.1...
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Compute kernel (section Vulkan API)
operations), so long as the non-overlapping assumption is respected. The Vulkan API provides the intermediate SPIR-V representation to describe both Graphical...
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compared to the Series5XT series. They however feature refreshed API support such as Vulkan, OpenGL ES 3.1, OpenCL 1.2 and DirectX 9.3 (9.3 L3). Rockchip...
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Id Tech 7 (category Game engines that support Vulkan (API))
Khan, Billy [@billykhan] (August 11, 2018). "Yes, it's #Vulkan only on PC. #Vulkan is the best API if you want to achieve the absolute highest frame rates...
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OpenGL (category 3D graphics APIs)
core profile. Active development of OpenGL was dropped in favor of the Vulkan API, released in 2016, and codenamed glNext during initial development. In...
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Radeon 300 series (section Vulkan (API))
necessary with OpenCL 2.0 conformant Cards. API Vulkan 1.0 is supported for all GCN architecture cards. Vulkan 1.2 requires GCN 2nd gen or higher with the...
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used in multiple execution environments, including the Vulkan graphics API and the OpenCL compute API, to represent a shader or kernel. It is also used as...
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Radeon HD 7000 series (section Vulkan (API))
Windows, Vulkan 1.0 requires GCN-Architecture. Vulkan 1.1 requires actual 2nd Gen. of GCN or higher (here only HD 7790). On newer AMD drivers Vulkan 1.1 on...
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S&box (category Game engines that support Vulkan (API))
S&box (pronounced Sandbox) is an upcoming game engine and platform developed by Facepunch Studios, intended to be a spiritual successor to Garry's Mod...
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Radeon 200 series (section Vulkan (API))
necessary with OpenCL 2.0 conformant Cards. API Vulkan 1.0 is supported for all GCN architecture cards. Vulkan 1.2 requires GCN 2nd gen or higher with the...
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Radeon HD 8000 series (section Vulkan (API))
the Mantle API and Vulkan API OpenGL 4.5 support for TeraScale 2 with AMD Crimson Beta (driver version 15.30 or higher) OpenGL 4.5 and Vulkan 1.0 support...
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API, along with the Voodoo 2 and Voodoo 3 specifications, under an open source license, which later evolved into an open source project. Vulkan (API)...
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Gaijin Entertainment (category Game engines that support Vulkan (API))
Gaijin Entertainment is a Hungarian video game developer headquartered in Budapest. The company is mostly known for War Thunder, Crossout, Star Conflict...
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Mesa (computer graphics) (category Rendering APIs available on Linux)
Graphics Library, is an open source implementation of OpenGL, Vulkan, and other graphics API specifications. Mesa translates these specifications to vendor-specific...
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Video game programming (section APIs and libraries)
increasing. Android uses OpenGL ES & Vulkan (API). DirectX is a collection of game APIs. Direct3D is DirectX's 3D API. Direct3D is freely available from...
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Source 2 (category Game engines that support Vulkan (API))
created more efficiently. Valve also stated that it would support the Vulkan graphics API and use a new in-house physics engine called Rubikon, which would...
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Godot (game engine) (category Game engines that support Vulkan (API))
major update that overhauls the rendering system, adds support for Vulkan graphics API, improves GDScript performance and usability, enhances physics and...
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Look up Vulkan, vulkan, or vulkán in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vulkan is a cross-platform 3D graphics and computing API. Vulkan may also refer to:...
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Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (category Game engines that support Vulkan (API))
clouds and fog values, pre-calculated global illumination as well as a Vulkan renderer in the Windows version in addition to DirectX 12. The Euphoria...
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Frostbite (game engine) (category Game engines that support Vulkan (API))
version of Battlefield 4 would be powered by Mantle, a low-overhead rendering API co-developed by AMD and DICE. However, due to lack of interest and support...
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Wine (software) (category Linux APIs)
Vulkan API. Direct3D 12 support in 4.0 is provided by a "vkd3d" subproject, and WineD3D has in 2019 been experimentally ported to use the Vulkan API....
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for OpenCL and Vulkan SYCL, a single-source C++ DSEL for heterogeneous computing Vulkan, a low-overhead computer graphics API Vulkan SC, based on the...
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Graphics processing unit (section 2D graphics APIs)
OpenGL API DirectX Video Acceleration (DxVA) API for Microsoft Windows operating-system. Mantle (API) Vulkan (API) Video Acceleration API (VA API) VDPAU...
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Id Tech 6 (category Game engines that support Vulkan (API))
refer to the engine. The PC version of the engine is based on Vulkan API and OpenGL API. John Carmack started talking about his vision regarding the engine...
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OpenGL ES (category 3D graphics APIs)
managed by the non-profit technology consortium Khronos Group. Vulkan, a next-generation API from Khronos, is made for simpler high performance drivers for...
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