Metal – Apple’s new graphics API

Re:Metal – Apple’s new graphics API by panzi on Monday June 02, 2014 @07:51PM (#7837284)

And now we are at a state where almost all OS vendors and some GPU manufacturers have their own API. I'm only waiting for Nvidia to announce their own API. They did buy 3dfx back in the days, so they have (bought) some experience with own APIs.

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Re:Metal – Apple’s new graphics API by mrec on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @08:12AM (#7839595)

Glide is not remotely relevant to anything anymore, and hasn't been for years. Besides, NV have much more recent experience with their own APIs, in form of CUDA and Cg.

I like the general trend indicated by this and Mantle and DX12, but the return to full-on platform fragmentation is a bit depressing.

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Re:Metal – Apple’s new graphics API by yoklov on Monday June 02, 2014 @10:35PM (#7837850)

I think NVidia might be betting on OpenGL prevailing through this mess.

Not a bad bet, if you ask me...

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