Re:Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API
by vetinari on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @10:31AM
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Metal in 2014 is a different animal than Metal in 2016.
In 2014, it assumed that the GPU has unified memory architecture, for example (i.e. the GPU can access a memory buffer that you have a pointer to). That's why it was introduced on iOS only.
In 2014, it assumed that the GPU has unified memory architecture, for example (i.e. the GPU can access a memory buffer that you have a pointer to). That's why it was introduced on iOS only.