Version 1.8 of the Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer is now available for all platforms (Windows, Linux, Android). As with 1.8 this version fully supports Vulkan 1.1 and adds support for new extensions: VK_EXT_inline_uniform_block VK_KHR_vulkan_memory_model VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor The UI has also been slightly updated. Instead of listing extension features and properties on a separate tab, these are now […]
Read MoreIntroduction Note: Source code that demonstrates this feature can be found in this new example at my open source C++ Vulkan examples repository. With the new VK_EXT_conditional_rendering extension, Vulkan gains the possibility to execute certain rendering and dispatch commands conditionally, based on values stored in a dedicated buffer. So instead of having to rebuild command buffers if the visibility […]
Read MoreVersion 1.7 of the Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer is now available for all platforms (Windows, Linux, Android). As with 1.7 this version fully supports Vulkan 1.1 and adds support for new extensions: VK_EXT_conditional_rendering VK_KHR_8bit_storage You can download the new version from https://vulkan.gpuinfo.org/download.php.
Read MoreIntroduction I have added a new example to my open source C++ Vulkan examples that demonstrates the use of input attachments and subpasses within a single render pass. Input attachments are image views that can be used for pixel local load operations inside a fragment shader. This basically means that framebuffer attachments written in one […]
Read MoreI have added a new example to my open source C++ Vulkan examples that demonstrates the use of multiview rendering. Multiview enables rendering to multiple views simultaneously instead of having to use multiple passes. Esp. with stereoscopic rendering (e.g. for VR related applications) there’s usually little change between two views, like different matrices, and having to do multiple passes […]
Read MoreAfter reworking the OpenGL ES hardware database some time ago (which was in dire need of an update to be usable again) I have also released a substantial update to the OpenGL hardware database. Server-side processing Biggest change is the use of server-side processing (as with the Vulkan and OpenGL ES databases), so gone are […]
Read MoreVersion 1.7 of the Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer is now available for all platforms (Windows, Linux, Android). As with 1.6 this version fully supports Vulkan 1.1 and adds a few new features: Support for the new VK_KHR_push_descriptor extension Support for YCBCR formats You can download the new version from https://vulkan.gpuinfo.org/download.php.
Read MoreAfter the recent overhaul I now also have added support for OpenGL ES 3.1 and 3.2 to the OpenGL ES hardware database and the Android app. Both versions added lots of new capabilities that have been lacking from the client application and database, so even though there are lots of reports for OpenGL ES 3.1 and […]
Read MoreI finally found some time to overhaul the OpenGL ES hardware database. I admittedly neglected my OpenGL databases in recent years (mainly due to Vulkan ® and a severe lack of spare time), and especially the OpenGL ES one was in dire need of an overhaul and a cleanup. So I spent a few days fixing […]
Read MoreA bit later than initially planned Vulkan 1.1 was released to the public yesterday, as usual with day-one driver support by most of the IHVs. Vulkan 1.1 promoted several extension to the core and also adds interesting new functionality like vendor independent subgroup operations. You can get all the details at the Khronos Vulkan landing […]
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