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authorBen Clayton <bclayton@google.com>Tue Oct 05 15:43:59 2021 +0000
committerDawn LUCI CQ <dawn-scoped@luci-project-accounts.iam.gserviceaccount.com>Tue Oct 05 15:43:59 2021 +0000
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dawn_node: Add README.md

Includes info on how to build, known issues, remaining work.

Bug: dawn:1123
Change-Id: I0a1fe827a1aba06eea7e3574de4a7d1e0fd3f0ab
Reviewed-on: https://dawn-review.googlesource.com/c/dawn/+/65161
Reviewed-by: Antonio Maiorano <amaiorano@google.com>
Commit-Queue: Ben Clayton <bclayton@google.com>
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  1. .vscode/
  2. build_overrides/
  3. docs/
  4. examples/
  5. generator/
  6. infra/
  7. scripts/
  8. src/
  9. third_party/
  10. tools/
  11. .clang-format
  12. .gitattributes
  13. .gitignore
  14. .gn
  15. AUTHORS
  16. BUILD.gn
  17. CMakeLists.txt
  18. codereview.settings
  19. dawn.json
  20. dawn_wire.json
  21. DEPS
  22. DIR_METADATA
  23. LICENSE
  24. OWNERS
  25. PRESUBMIT.py
  26. README.chromium
  27. README.md
README.md

Dawn's logo: a sun rising behind a stylized mountain inspired by the WebGPU logo. The text Dawn is written below it.

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.