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***The Official Vulkan API Thread***
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If Vulcan enables PowerVR to rise from the ashes and break the AMD/Nvidia monopoly then I am all for it. How cool would it be if Matrox/SiS/S3 make comebacks too
Soldato
Soldato
I thought it was dice they had to credit
Johan Andersson went to and with the idea, he and a few other graphics programmers collaborated on the design of mantle, AMDs engineers were the ones who created the api.
Caporegime
Well we do have an API called Metal again.
Which is a bit odd as Metal was bought by Microsoft and integrated into DirectX, yet they have let Apple use the name for their own API.
Maybe they are hoping nobody tells Apple and then once their use of it becomes widespread they can file suit lol.
Don't know if anyone has posted this yet, but here are the slides from the presentation:
http://www.geeks3d.com/20150303/vulkan-api-overview-slides/
And as a PDF...
https://www.khronos.org/assets/uploads/developers/library/2015-gdc/Khronos-Vulkan-GDC-Mar15.pdf
Edit: Not same as the slides in presentation, but they do give a simple overview.
http://www.geeks3d.com/20150303/vulkan-api-overview-slides/
And as a PDF...
https://www.khronos.org/assets/uploads/developers/library/2015-gdc/Khronos-Vulkan-GDC-Mar15.pdf
Edit: Not same as the slides in presentation, but they do give a simple overview.
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Hit the nail on the head there. More chance of seeing a flying pig then AMD actually starting and finishing an idea. In a nutshell, AMD were the ones who took someone elses idea and made it their own
I don't think we are going to see Vulkan games before we see DX 12 games. I assume they are all OpenGL.
Hit the nail on the head there. More chance of seeing a flying pig then AMD actually starting and finishing an idea. In a nutshell, AMD were the ones who took someone elses idea and made it their own
mmmm, pretty sure is AMD's 64bit instruction set you have there on your Intel chip
That'll be the 64bit extensions to Intel's ISA of course.
Not disputing that, but still. we'd be screwed if ether had'nt "finished an idea"
Caporegime
Ha... good point, how do you feel about using a CPU that has AMD technology in it, LambChop?
Haaa I would love to hear his answer.. What will he do?
Soldato
So it's a bit like when people denounce Microsoft as hating PC gaming, but then play things like BF4, that NEED Microsoft Windows?
Not sure why you asking me I don't hate windows. Quoted wrong guy?