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Khronos to Merge OpenCL and Vulkan into One API
Non-profit developer Khronos has announced that it will merge its OpenCL parallel programming framework with its graphics API Vulkan. The big news was strangely buried in a statement regarding the final specifications of OpenCL 2.2 and SPIR-V 1.2. Khronos Says Neil Trevett, OpenCL chair and Khronos President, said: “By finalizing…
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Is Microsoft Launching a New API?
A new trademark filed by Microsoft suggests that it could be set to launch a new API. The Redmond company has trademarked the term Direct Physics, which potentially points to a new physics API, possibly integrated with DirectX 12. As pointed out by WCCFTech, the Direct Physics trademark may mean…
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Unity 5.6 Released: Improved Performance and Vulkan API Support
Unity Technologies has released the latest update for Unity 5, bringing it up to version 5.6 and adding a range of cool new features, performance improvements, and even support for a new graphics API. The changelog isn’t huge, but with improvements to performance, lighting, text rendering, and Vulkan support, and improved…
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3DMark v2.3.3663 Adds Vulkan Support
Futuremark has announced that the latest version of its benchmarking tool, 3DMark, has added support for the Vulkan API. Vulkan is a relatively new 3D graphics API, developed as a successor to OpenGL by Khronos and derived from AMD’s Mantle, which boasts high efficiency through low-level GPU access. In adopting…
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Windows 7, 8.1, 10, & Linux to Get Vulkan Multi-GPU Support!
Recent news revealed that while Vulkan would be getting multiple graphics card support, the feature would only be rolling out for Windows 10 users. This news pissed a lot of people off, as they use Linux, Windows 7, etc, but now it seems that the team at Khronos Group has…
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Facebook Forbids the Use of User Data for Surveillance
Last October, an investigation by the American Civil Liberties Union revealed that a company called Geofeedia had analysed data provided by Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to supply the police in Ferguson with surveillance information. That created a lot of uproars and only Twitter overhauled its policies to try and stop…
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IBM Adds New API to Quantum Computing Cloud
Quantum computing sounds like something of a distant future, and in a way it is. But that doesn’t change the fact that IBM already has one running and it is even open to the public. Yesterday, IBM announced that it was updating their Quantum Experience cloud with a new API that…
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Intel CPUs Get Official Vulkan Support
Intel has released the first graphics driver for its CPUs with official support for the Vulkan API. While the company had previously supplied beta drivers which supported Vulkan, they were notoriously unstable. Intel’s official Vulkan support, though, is limited to sixth-generation Skylake chips with Windows 7, 8.1, and 10, or…
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Microsoft Launches PIX Tool That Analyzes DX12 Gaming Performance
We were all excited to hear about DirectX 12 and the advantages that it would bring in modern gaming. However, it’s even though it’s been a while since this low-level API became available, it really didn’t manage to deliver on its promise, and it certainly didn’t revolutionize gaming. Not yet…
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Unity Engine Adds Vulkan API Support
Unity has released the latest version of its game engine, which supports the Vulkan API for improved graphical performance. Unity 5.6 Beta also includes a new video player and support for Google’s DayDream VR headset and Facebook Gameroom platform. “Vulkan is a new generation graphics and compute API that provides…
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Sid Meier’s Civilization VI Now Support DirectX 12
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI has just received a humungous update which adds new gameplay elements, fixes numerous bugs, improves the game’s balance and even added support for the latest DirectX 12 API. The changelog is quite substantial but it’s well worth reading to see if a particular problem you’ve been…
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Steam Controller API Adding Support For Dual Shock 4
In the early days of PC gaming, users had to rely on specialised programs to map commands to a wide range of controllers. Thankfully, the Xbox 360 wired pad provided a much better solution and instantly worked in almost every major release. As this became the standard, other controllers such…
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Nvidia Users Should Stick to Steams DX11 Version of Quantum Break
DirectX 12 is an incredible API, it can provide PC gamers with huge improvements in terms of performance, making better use of the CPU and GPU vs DX11, or at least it would if more developers we’re using it correctly. Quantum Break is just the latest example of this, as it seems…
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Rise of the Tomb Raider Now Supports Async Compute
Rise of the Tomb Raider is one of the most visually impressive games to ever grace the PC platform especially if you select the Very High quality preset. The PC version was created by Nixxes, a legendary studio which worked on a number of superb PC ports including Thief, the…
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Hitman Patch Fixes DirectX 12 Tomfoolery
Hitman is one of the most engrossing stealth franchises ever created and helped bring the genre to mainstream audiences. Agent 47’s cunning ways and his iconic appearance made him such an endearing character. The latest entry in the series adopts the episodic business model and originally caused a great deal…
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