Re:iPhone 7
by pritambaral on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @09:47PM
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> Apple announced Mantle(sic)
Announced, didn't release.
In the same presentation as you linked, on slide 9, you can see Apple was a part of the Vulkan effort. The subsequently withdrew from Vulkan, before releasing Metal.
WWDC 2014 in June had the 'Zen Garden' demo running Unreal 4 on the Metal API [1], and it was released to the app store in September [2]. In a different session, CryEngine was shown running Metal on an iPad [3]. That's two high-profile game engines already using the API. A limited release perhaps, but I count that as a significant head-start, all the while Khronos was just organizing glNext.
[1] http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/183567-apple-unveils-metal...
[2] http://appadvice.com/appnn/2014/09/unveiled-at-wwdc-2014-for...
Re:iPhone 7
by pritambaral on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @11:02PM
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Wow. You're right.
No it wasn't. Khronos' own slides on Vulkan disprove this (slide 6) [1], saying they began the effort in June 2014. Apple announced Mantle to the public that month.
[1] https://www.khronos.org/assets/uploads/developers/library/20...