Google Git
Sign in
dawn / dawn.git / 401aad5878d2f09aa86211c7e2c8533734cb6435
commit401aad5878d2f09aa86211c7e2c8533734cb6435[log] [tgz]
authorBen Clayton <bclayton@google.com>Tue Feb 02 15:38:39 2021 +0000
committerCommit Bot service account <commit-bot@chromium.org>Tue Feb 02 15:38:39 2021 +0000
tree2471643577e126692354eab3d2f6c238e52796c0
parent199ba447c511fcdc9f06595f85d42bb97f519417 [diff]
Simplify tint API usage

A whole lot of public API tint changes have been made to simplify usage of the library.
Big changes include:
* Type determination is now implicit
* Generators no longer take ownership of programs, so they don't need to be cloned.

Change-Id: Icac0956ae120ae4e6a9d0290b2478c0fbc3bcf22
Reviewed-on: https://dawn-review.googlesource.com/c/dawn/+/39341
Commit-Queue: Ben Clayton <bclayton@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Austin Eng <enga@chromium.org>
2 files changed
tree: 2471643577e126692354eab3d2f6c238e52796c0
  1. build_overrides/
  2. docs/
  3. examples/
  4. generator/
  5. infra/
  6. scripts/
  7. src/
  8. third_party/
  9. tools/
  10. .clang-format
  11. .gitattributes
  12. .gitignore
  13. .gn
  14. AUTHORS
  15. BUILD.gn
  16. CMakeLists.txt
  17. codereview.settings
  18. CONTRIBUTING.md
  19. dawn.json
  20. dawn_wire.json
  21. DEPS
  22. LICENSE
  23. OWNERS
  24. PRESUBMIT.py
  25. README.chromium
  26. README.md
README.md

Dawn, a WebGPU implementation

Dawn is an open-source and cross-platform implementation of the work-in-progress WebGPU standard. More precisely it implements webgpu.h that is a one-to-one mapping with the WebGPU IDL. Dawn is meant to be integrated as part of a larger system and is the underlying implementation of WebGPU in Chromium.

Dawn provides several WebGPU building blocks:

  • WebGPU C/C++ headers that applications and other building blocks use.
    • The webgpu.h version that Dawn implements.
    • A C++ wrapper for the webgpu.h.
  • A “native” implementation of WebGPU using platforms' GPU APIs:
    • D3D12 on Windows 10
    • Metal on macOS and iOS
    • Vulkan on Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Android and Fuchsia
    • OpenGL as best effort where available
  • A client-server implementation of WebGPU for applications that are in a sandbox without access to native drivers

Helpful links:

Documentation table of content

Developer documentation:

User documentation: (TODO, figure out what overlaps with the webgpu.h docs)

Status

(TODO)

License

Apache 2.0 Public License, please see LICENSE.

Disclaimer

This is not an officially supported Google product.