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0 pointsvmfunction2y ago0 comments

>We must have a GPU hardware programming "standard" first. Isn't that what WebGPU has become?

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flohofwoe2y ago· 2 in thread

The WebGPU API is very far removed from the hardware. It's the common subset of Vulkan, D3D12 and Metal, each of those APIs also being fairly high level abstractions over different GPU architectures.

sylware2y ago

I don't know about webGPU, but it seems you missed the word "hardware" in "hardware programming interface", like NVMe is for non volatile memory device.

flohofwoe2y ago

I was replying to the "Isn't that what WebGPU has become?".

The WebGPU programming model is already too high level for a "hardware programming interface". WebGPU is designed to sit on top of other 3D APIs, which in turn sit on GPU vendor drivers, and most of the complexity and 'hidden magic' is in those drivers.

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