VK_EXT_image_view_min_lod Vulkan extension released

One of the extensions released as part of Vulkan 1.2.199 was VK_EXT_image_view_min_lod extension. This extension allows clamping the minimum LOD value accessed by an image view to a minLod value set at image view creation time.

December 7th at 11:20am

In this tutorial, we will be covering a little-known feature in Khronos' validation layer which can help you detect potential performance issues for Arm Mali GPUs. In 2020, we integrated the functionality of our now-deprecated PerfDoc layer directly into the Khronos validation layer, which we now refer to as Arm best practice validation.

December 1st at 8:18am

Streamlining Render Passes

Today we’re announcing VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering. With this extension you can tell the API to start rendering, and it will just do it - no render pass objects!

November 11th at 3:17pm

With real-time audiovisual applications that rely on any kind of interactivity, each frame comes and goes like a fleeting moment. A moment you might want to capture, frame and hang on a wall. Fortunately, NAP 0.4.2 includes nap::Snapshot: a new high-resolution screenshot resource that can take stunning frame captures of extreme image quality. In this post, I will briefly explain how it works.

September 20th at 5:32pm

Fast compressors significantly improve developer efficiency and reduce iteration time, so it is no surprise that slow ASTC compression has been a major bugbear of developers for some time. The main goal of our work on the compressor has been to make the codec as fast as we could.

August 10th at 3:10pm

Asynchronous compute is a trend that has proven itself to be an effective optimization technique, but it is somewhat difficult pinning down how to apply it. In this post, we will highlight a new Vulkan Sample that was added to Khronos’ sample repository which demonstrates how to use async compute.

June 16th at 7:03am

In the world of simulation we are accustomed to dealing with both extremely large datasets and very long compute times. When you have datasets this large it can be difficult to distill this down into something that you can derive valuable insights from. This is something that has become more of a pressing issue as the simulation capabilities of Autodesk Fusion 360 have expanded.

May 26th at 8:32am

An Introduction to Vulkan Video

Today, Khronos is releasing a set of Provisional Vulkan video acceleration extensions: ‘Vulkan Video’. This blog gives an overview of Vulkan’s new video processing capabilities

April 13th at 9:45am

Understanding Vulkan Synchronization

The new VK_KHR_synchronization2 extension includes several improvements to make Vulkan Synchronization easier to use, without major changes to the fundamental concepts

March 24th at 7:58am

VK_KHR_synchronization2 extension brings extensive improvements to Vulkan queue submission, events, and pipeline barriers resulting in significant usability enhancements

March 1st at 9:16am