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WebGPU – What is it and why does it matter?

by davistreybig on 5/18/23, 11:00 PM with 2 comments

  • by davistreybig on 5/18/23, 11:00 PM

    WebGPU is an interesting new browser API for GPU workloads. It dramatically improves non-graphics GPU workloads in the browser, and also allows you to take advantage of newer GPU APIs (Eg raytracing). It also seems likely to become a cross platform standard for GPU computations, analogous to WebAssembly’s recent rise for server side workloads. I pulled together some notes and resources going into more depth on what it is, how it’s different than WebGL, and why it’s exciting.
  • by _hypx on 5/19/23, 2:16 AM

    It is at the very least a big upgrade over WebGL.