With the release of Vulkan 1.3.296 (change log), the new Device-Generated Commands extension makes it possible to prepare sequences of commands to run directly from the GPU, and executing those sequences directly without any data going through the CPU. Igalia’s Ricardo Garcia penned a blog detailing this new extension.
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Integrating OpenXR with the Godot Engine and Advancing XR Development through Open Source
The Godot Engine is undergoing exciting updates as part of a Khronos-sponsored project to accelerate the integration of OpenXR functionality, marking a significant advancement in democratizing OpenXR development through open-source engines and tools.
In this blog post, we’ll delve into how feature enhancements to Godot’s open source engine are being made possible through the support of the Khronos OpenXR Working Group and the collaborative efforts of the open-source community.
H.264/H.265 Vulkan Encoder Support Merged Into FFmpeg
The FFmpeg multimedia library continues to enhance its support around the Vulkan Video APIs with the latest commits seeing H.264 and H.265/HEVC Vulkan encode support merged.
DirectX Adopting SPIR-V as the Interchange Format of the Future
Microsoft’s Direct3D and HLSL teams shared some insight into the next big step for GPU programmability. Once Shader Model 7 is released, DirectX 12 will accept shaders compiled to SPIR-V. Their HLSL team is committed to open development processes and are collaborating with The Khronos Group and LLVM Project. They’re sharing this information at the beginning of their multi-year development process for transparency about this transition from the start. Microsoft is working with the Khronos SPIR and Vulkan Working Groups to ensure that this transition benefits the whole development ecosystem.
Khronos SIGGRAPH 2024 Rewind
SIGGRAPH is one of the world’s most significant and long-standing conferences focused on computer graphics and interactive techniques. For the Khronos Group, SIGGRAPH represents an essential opportunity to connect with the developers, engineers, artists, and technical professionals that make up the primary users of Khronos standards like ANARI, glTF, OpenXR, WebGL, and Vulkan.
Through Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions, presentations, networking events, and face-to-face member meetings at SIGGRAPH, Khronos shares new and forthcoming technical breakthroughs, gathers feedback, learns about user needs and promotes best practices. This year, Khronos hosted nine public-facing events over four days: Presentation materials and video recordings for these events are now available on the Khronos SIGGRAPH 2024 Event Page.
PyTorch 2.4 using SYCL for Deep Learning on Intel GPUs
PyTorch 2.4 now supports Intel® Data Center GPU Max Series and the SYCL software stack, making it easier to speed up your AI workflows for both training and inference. This update allows a consistent programming experience with minimal coding effort and extends PyTorch’s device and runtime capabilities, including device, stream, event, generator, allocator, and guard, to seamlessly support streaming devices. This enhancement simplifies deploying PyTorch on ubiquitous hardware, making it easier for you to integrate different hardware back ends.
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