The broad industry support Apple is building around OpenCL will help increase the critical mass behind OpenGL, the 2D and 3D graphics language Apple uses extensively in Mac OS X. Since the mid 90s, ...

近日，ATi（AMD）推出了一款开源工具HLSL2GLSL，能够帮助程序员将为Windows DirectX 9 API编写的代码转换为OpenGL。 程序名称中的HLSL即微软专门为DirectX API开发的高级渲染语言（High Level Shading Language），而在OpenGL领域中，相对应的就是GLSL（OpenGL Shading Language）OpenGL着色语言 ...

DX12无疑是GDC 2014游戏开发者大会上最闪耀的明星，而另一个与之针锋相对的API OpenGL也毫不示弱，同样得到了AMD、Intel、NVIDIA三大图形巨头的鼎力支持，而且敢号称可以将性能大幅提升最多15倍。 在如何提升图形效率、性能方面，AMD Mantle、DirectX、OpenGL都不约而同 ...

There is some pretty big news out there. AMD recently released mantle, a low level API that eliminates heaps of CPU overhead (draw calls). It now seems that both DirectX and OpenGL will follow that ...

Most development effort in graphics drivers these days, whether you’re talking about Nvidia, Intel, or AMD, is focused on new APIs like DirectX 12 or Vulkan, increasingly advanced upscaling ...

Two new implementations is expected to come soon that will be a boon for PC gamers. Following Mantle API, DirectX and OpenGL will start offering low-level access to provide more efficient ways of ...

In a scary twist that reinforces Valve's distaste of Windows 8, it turns out that the Source engine -- the 3D engine that powers Half Life 2, Left 4 Dead, and Dota 2 -- runs faster on Ubuntu 12.04 and ...

PC hardware companies work in funny ways sometimes. When AMD had a new driver ready that added extra features with arguably niche appeal, like its AMD Link in-home streaming tech, it was very excited ...