Vulkan - The future of high-performance graphics GDC slides have been tweeted. You can download it from here
https://t.co/zPZJls5muc
Some snippets
• Based on Mantle – standardizes & replaces it (that confirms the mantle rumours)
• Frostbite will transition our Mantle renderer to Vulkan
The soul of Vulkan
• Brand new API
• Built with multi-threading in mind
• Works everywhere
• Greater control over memory management
• Less hidden work and overhead in the driver
• Smaller drivers, better driver quality
• Intel/Linux driver will be open-sourced
Source 2 supports Vulkan alpha today
https://t.co/zPZJls5muc
Some snippets
• Based on Mantle – standardizes & replaces it (that confirms the mantle rumours)
• Frostbite will transition our Mantle renderer to Vulkan
The soul of Vulkan
• Brand new API
• Built with multi-threading in mind
• Works everywhere
• Greater control over memory management
• Less hidden work and overhead in the driver
• Smaller drivers, better driver quality
• Intel/Linux driver will be open-sourced
Source 2 supports Vulkan alpha today
Vulkan - The future of high-performance graphics
