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Khronos Group Announces Vulkan To Compete Against DirectX 12

Posted by timothy on from the cross-platform-good dept.

Phopojijo writes The Khronos Group has announced the Vulkan API for compute and graphics. Its goal is to compete against DirectX 12. It has some interesting features, such as queuing to multiple GPUs and an LLVM-based bytecode for its shading language to remove the need for a compiler from the graphics drivers. Also, the API allows graphics card vendors to support Vulkan with drivers back to Windows XP "and beyond."

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  1. let me guess, ideal hardware found indicator by ihtoit · · Score: 3, Funny

    a Tribble purr?

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  2. Boy you know you're old by 50000BTU_barbecue · · Score: 2, Funny

    when the only words in that headline you know are "group announces" and "compete against"...

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