Volkan
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Vulkan is a cross-platform API and open standard for 3D graphics and computing. It was intended to address the shortcomings of OpenGL, and allow developers more control over the GPU. It is designed to support a wide variety of GPUs, CPUs and operating systems, and modern multi-core CPUs also.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Vulkan
- Software.logo
- Vulkan logo.svg
- Software.author
- AMD, DICE (original Mantle design)
- Software.developer
- (donated and derived variant, as Vulkan)
- Software.programming language
- (also available C++ API)
- Software.operating system
- Android, Linux, BSD Unix, Windows, Nintendo Switch, Fuchsia, Raspberry Pi, vxWorks, QNX, HarmonyOS, OpenHarmony, Oniro, Haiku, Stadia, TizenThrough portability workarounds: macOS, iOS, Aurora OS
- Software.genre
- 3D graphics and compute API
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- application programming interface
- Official name
- Vulkan
- Follows
- OpenGL
- Based on
- Mantle
- Developer
- Khronos Group
- Platform
- cross-platform
- Official website
- www.vulkan.org
- Image
- Vulkaninfo with vkcube screenshot.png
- Has use
- 3D computer graphics
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- publication date
- 2016-02-16
- operating system
- macOS
- programmed in
- Q15777
- Stack Exchange tag
- computergraphics.stackexchange.com/tags/vulkan
- inception
- 2014-07-00
- source code repository URL
- github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs
- replaces
- OpenGL
- announcement date
- 2014-08-11
- Commons category
- Vulkan
- hashtag
- Vulkan
- social media followers
- 16987
- software version identifier
- 1.4.349
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