0. Preamble 1. Introduction 2. Fundamentals 3. Initialization 4. Devices and Queues 5. Command Buffers 6. Synchronization and Cache Control 7. Render Pass 8. Shaders 9. Pipelines 10. Memory Allocation 11. Resource Creation 12. Samplers 13. Resource Descriptors 14. Shader Interfaces 15. Image Operations 16. Fragment Density Map Operations 17. Queries 18. Clear Commands 19. Copy Commands 20. Drawing Commands 21. Fixed-Function Vertex Processing 22. Tessellation 23. Geometry Shading 24. Mesh Shading 25. Cluster Culling Shading 26. Fixed-Function Vertex Post-Processing 27. Rasterization 28. Fragment Operations 29. The Framebuffer 30. Dispatching Commands 31. Device-Generated Commands 32. Sparse Resources 33. Window System Integration (WSI)34. Deferred Host Operations 35. Private Data 36. Acceleration Structures 37. Micromap 38. Ray Traversal 39. Ray Tracing 40. Memory Decompression 41. Video Coding 42. Optical Flow 43. Execution Graphs 44. External Compute Queues 45. Extending Vulkan 46. Features 47. Limits 48. Formats 49. Additional Capabilities 50. Debugging

A. Vulkan Environment for SPIR-V B. Memory Model C. Compressed Image Formats D. Core Revisions (Informative)E. Layers & Extensions (Informative)F. API Boilerplate G. Invariance H. Lexicon I. Credits (Informative)

VK_KHR_16bit_storage VK_KHR_8bit_storage VK_KHR_acceleration_structure VK_KHR_android_surface VK_KHR_bind_memory2 VK_KHR_buffer_device_address VK_KHR_calibrated_timestamps VK_KHR_compute_shader_derivatives VK_KHR_cooperative_matrix VK_KHR_copy_commands2 VK_KHR_create_renderpass2 VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation VK_KHR_deferred_host_operations VK_KHR_depth_clamp_zero_one VK_KHR_depth_stencil_resolve VK_KHR_descriptor_update_template VK_KHR_device_group VK_KHR_device_group_creation VK_KHR_display VK_KHR_display_swapchain VK_KHR_draw_indirect_count VK_KHR_driver_properties VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering_local_read VK_KHR_external_fence VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities VK_KHR_external_fence_fd VK_KHR_external_fence_win32 VK_KHR_external_memory VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities VK_KHR_external_memory_fd VK_KHR_external_memory_win32 VK_KHR_external_semaphore VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities VK_KHR_external_semaphore_fd VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32 VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2 VK_KHR_fragment_shader_barycentric VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate VK_KHR_get_display_properties2 VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2 VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2 VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2 VK_KHR_global_priority VK_KHR_image_format_list VK_KHR_imageless_framebuffer VK_KHR_incremental_present VK_KHR_index_type_uint8 VK_KHR_line_rasterization VK_KHR_load_store_op_none VK_KHR_maintenance1 VK_KHR_maintenance2 VK_KHR_maintenance3 VK_KHR_maintenance4 VK_KHR_maintenance5 VK_KHR_maintenance6 VK_KHR_maintenance7 VK_KHR_maintenance8 VK_KHR_map_memory2 VK_KHR_multiview VK_KHR_object_refresh VK_KHR_performance_query VK_KHR_pipeline_binary VK_KHR_pipeline_executable_properties VK_KHR_pipeline_library VK_KHR_portability_enumeration VK_KHR_portability_subset VK_KHR_present_id VK_KHR_present_wait VK_KHR_push_descriptor VK_KHR_ray_query VK_KHR_ray_tracing_maintenance1 VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline VK_KHR_ray_tracing_position_fetch VK_KHR_relaxed_block_layout VK_KHR_sampler_mirror_clamp_to_edge VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion VK_KHR_separate_depth_stencil_layouts VK_KHR_shader_atomic_int64 VK_KHR_shader_bfloat16 VK_KHR_shader_clock VK_KHR_shader_draw_parameters VK_KHR_shader_expect_assume VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8 VK_KHR_shader_float_controls VK_KHR_shader_float_controls2 VK_KHR_shader_integer_dot_product VK_KHR_shader_maximal_reconvergence VK_KHR_shader_non_semantic_info VK_KHR_shader_quad_control VK_KHR_shader_relaxed_extended_instruction VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_extended_types VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_rotate VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_uniform_control_flow VK_KHR_shader_terminate_invocation VK_KHR_shared_presentable_image VK_KHR_spirv_1_4 VK_KHR_storage_buffer_storage_class VK_KHR_surface VK_KHR_surface_protected_capabilities VK_KHR_swapchain VK_KHR_swapchain_mutable_format VK_KHR_synchronization2 VK_KHR_timeline_semaphore VK_KHR_uniform_buffer_standard_layout VK_KHR_variable_pointers VK_KHR_vertex_attribute_divisor VK_KHR_video_decode_av1 VK_KHR_video_decode_h264 VK_KHR_video_decode_h265 VK_KHR_video_decode_queue VK_KHR_video_encode_av1 VK_KHR_video_encode_h264 VK_KHR_video_encode_h265 VK_KHR_video_encode_quantization_map VK_KHR_video_encode_queue VK_KHR_video_maintenance1 VK_KHR_video_maintenance2 VK_KHR_video_queue VK_KHR_vulkan_memory_model VK_KHR_wayland_surface VK_KHR_win32_keyed_mutex VK_KHR_win32_surface VK_KHR_workgroup_memory_explicit_layout VK_KHR_xcb_surface VK_KHR_xlib_surface VK_KHR_zero_initialize_workgroup_memory

VK_EXT_4444_formats VK_EXT_acquire_drm_display VK_EXT_acquire_xlib_display VK_EXT_application_parameters VK_EXT_astc_decode_mode VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_dynamic_state VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_layout VK_EXT_blend_operation_advanced VK_EXT_border_color_swizzle VK_EXT_buffer_device_address VK_EXT_calibrated_timestamps VK_EXT_color_write_enable VK_EXT_conditional_rendering VK_EXT_conservative_rasterization VK_EXT_custom_border_color VK_EXT_debug_marker VK_EXT_debug_report VK_EXT_debug_utils VK_EXT_depth_bias_control VK_EXT_depth_clamp_control VK_EXT_depth_clamp_zero_one VK_EXT_depth_clip_control VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable VK_EXT_depth_range_unrestricted VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing VK_EXT_device_address_binding_report VK_EXT_device_fault VK_EXT_device_generated_commands VK_EXT_device_memory_report VK_EXT_direct_mode_display VK_EXT_directfb_surface VK_EXT_discard_rectangles VK_EXT_display_control VK_EXT_display_surface_counter VK_EXT_dynamic_rendering_unused_attachments VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state2 VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3 VK_EXT_external_memory_acquire_unmodified VK_EXT_external_memory_dma_buf VK_EXT_external_memory_host VK_EXT_external_memory_metal VK_EXT_filter_cubic VK_EXT_fragment_density_map VK_EXT_fragment_density_map2 VK_EXT_fragment_density_map_offset VK_EXT_fragment_shader_interlock VK_EXT_frame_boundary VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive VK_EXT_global_priority VK_EXT_global_priority_query VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library VK_EXT_hdr_metadata VK_EXT_headless_surface VK_EXT_host_image_copy VK_EXT_host_query_reset VK_EXT_image_2d_view_of_3d VK_EXT_image_compression_control VK_EXT_image_compression_control_swapchain VK_EXT_image_drm_format_modifier VK_EXT_image_robustness VK_EXT_image_sliced_view_of_3d VK_EXT_image_view_min_lod VK_EXT_index_type_uint8 VK_EXT_inline_uniform_block VK_EXT_layer_settings VK_EXT_legacy_dithering VK_EXT_legacy_vertex_attributes VK_EXT_line_rasterization VK_EXT_load_store_op_none VK_EXT_map_memory_placed VK_EXT_memory_budget VK_EXT_memory_priority VK_EXT_mesh_shader VK_EXT_metal_objects VK_EXT_metal_surface VK_EXT_multi_draw VK_EXT_multisampled_render_to_single_sampled VK_EXT_mutable_descriptor_type VK_EXT_nested_command_buffer VK_EXT_non_seamless_cube_map VK_EXT_opacity_micromap VK_EXT_pageable_device_local_memory VK_EXT_pci_bus_info VK_EXT_physical_device_drm VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_cache_control VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_feedback VK_EXT_pipeline_library_group_handles VK_EXT_pipeline_properties VK_EXT_pipeline_protected_access VK_EXT_pipeline_robustness VK_EXT_post_depth_coverage VK_EXT_present_mode_fifo_latest_ready VK_EXT_primitive_topology_list_restart VK_EXT_primitives_generated_query VK_EXT_private_data VK_EXT_provoking_vertex VK_EXT_queue_family_foreign VK_EXT_rasterization_order_attachment_access VK_EXT_rgba10x6_formats VK_EXT_robustness2 VK_EXT_sample_locations VK_EXT_sampler_filter_minmax VK_EXT_scalar_block_layout VK_EXT_separate_stencil_usage VK_EXT_shader_atomic_float VK_EXT_shader_atomic_float2 VK_EXT_shader_demote_to_helper_invocation VK_EXT_shader_image_atomic_int64 VK_EXT_shader_module_identifier VK_EXT_shader_object VK_EXT_shader_replicated_composites VK_EXT_shader_stencil_export VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_ballot VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_vote VK_EXT_shader_tile_image VK_EXT_shader_viewport_index_layer VK_EXT_subgroup_size_control VK_EXT_subpass_merge_feedback VK_EXT_surface_maintenance1 VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace VK_EXT_swapchain_maintenance1 VK_EXT_texel_buffer_alignment VK_EXT_texture_compression_astc_hdr VK_EXT_tooling_info VK_EXT_transform_feedback VK_EXT_validation_cache VK_EXT_validation_features VK_EXT_validation_flags VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_robustness VK_EXT_vertex_input_dynamic_state VK_EXT_ycbcr_2plane_444_formats VK_EXT_ycbcr_image_arrays

VK_AMDX_shader_enqueue

VK_AMD_anti_lag VK_AMD_buffer_marker VK_AMD_device_coherent_memory VK_AMD_display_native_hdr VK_AMD_draw_indirect_count VK_AMD_gcn_shader VK_AMD_gpu_shader_half_float VK_AMD_gpu_shader_int16 VK_AMD_memory_overallocation_behavior VK_AMD_mixed_attachment_samples VK_AMD_negative_viewport_height VK_AMD_pipeline_compiler_control VK_AMD_rasterization_order VK_AMD_shader_ballot VK_AMD_shader_core_properties VK_AMD_shader_core_properties2 VK_AMD_shader_early_and_late_fragment_tests VK_AMD_shader_explicit_vertex_parameter VK_AMD_shader_fragment_mask VK_AMD_shader_image_load_store_lod VK_AMD_shader_info VK_AMD_shader_trinary_minmax VK_AMD_texture_gather_bias_lod

VK_ANDROID_external_format_resolve VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer

VK_ARM_pipeline_opacity_micromap VK_ARM_rasterization_order_attachment_access VK_ARM_render_pass_striped VK_ARM_scheduling_controls VK_ARM_shader_core_builtins VK_ARM_shader_core_properties

VK_FUCHSIA_buffer_collection VK_FUCHSIA_external_memory VK_FUCHSIA_external_semaphore VK_FUCHSIA_imagepipe_surface

VK_GGP_frame_token VK_GGP_stream_descriptor_surface

VK_GOOGLE_decorate_string VK_GOOGLE_display_timing VK_GOOGLE_hlsl_functionality1 VK_GOOGLE_surfaceless_query VK_GOOGLE_user_type

VK_HUAWEI_cluster_culling_shader VK_HUAWEI_hdr_vivid VK_HUAWEI_invocation_mask VK_HUAWEI_subpass_shading

VK_IMG_filter_cubic VK_IMG_format_pvrtc VK_IMG_relaxed_line_rasterization

VK_INTEL_performance_query VK_INTEL_shader_integer_functions2

VK_LUNARG_direct_driver_loading

VK_MESA_image_alignment_control

VK_MSFT_layered_driver

VK_MVK_ios_surface VK_MVK_macos_surface

VK_NN_vi_surface

VK_NVX_binary_import VK_NVX_image_view_handle VK_NVX_multiview_per_view_attributes

VK_NV_acquire_winrt_display VK_NV_clip_space_w_scaling VK_NV_cluster_acceleration_structure VK_NV_command_buffer_inheritance VK_NV_compute_shader_derivatives VK_NV_cooperative_matrix VK_NV_cooperative_matrix2 VK_NV_cooperative_vector VK_NV_copy_memory_indirect VK_NV_corner_sampled_image VK_NV_coverage_reduction_mode VK_NV_cuda_kernel_launch VK_NV_dedicated_allocation VK_NV_dedicated_allocation_image_aliasing VK_NV_descriptor_pool_overallocation VK_NV_device_diagnostic_checkpoints VK_NV_device_diagnostics_config VK_NV_device_generated_commands VK_NV_device_generated_commands_compute VK_NV_displacement_micromap VK_NV_display_stereo VK_NV_extended_sparse_address_space VK_NV_external_compute_queue VK_NV_external_memory VK_NV_external_memory_capabilities VK_NV_external_memory_rdma VK_NV_external_memory_sci_buf VK_NV_external_memory_win32 VK_NV_external_sci_sync VK_NV_external_sci_sync2 VK_NV_fill_rectangle VK_NV_fragment_coverage_to_color VK_NV_fragment_shader_barycentric VK_NV_fragment_shading_rate_enums VK_NV_framebuffer_mixed_samples VK_NV_geometry_shader_passthrough VK_NV_glsl_shader VK_NV_inherited_viewport_scissor VK_NV_linear_color_attachment VK_NV_low_latency VK_NV_low_latency2 VK_NV_memory_decompression VK_NV_mesh_shader VK_NV_optical_flow VK_NV_partitioned_acceleration_structure VK_NV_per_stage_descriptor_set VK_NV_present_barrier VK_NV_present_metering VK_NV_private_vendor_info VK_NV_raw_access_chains VK_NV_ray_tracing VK_NV_ray_tracing_invocation_reorder VK_NV_ray_tracing_linear_swept_spheres VK_NV_ray_tracing_motion_blur VK_NV_ray_tracing_validation VK_NV_representative_fragment_test VK_NV_sample_mask_override_coverage VK_NV_scissor_exclusive VK_NV_shader_atomic_float16_vector VK_NV_shader_image_footprint VK_NV_shader_sm_builtins VK_NV_shader_subgroup_partitioned VK_NV_shading_rate_image VK_NV_viewport_array2 VK_NV_viewport_swizzle VK_NV_win32_keyed_mutex

VK_QCOM_filter_cubic_clamp VK_QCOM_filter_cubic_weights VK_QCOM_fragment_density_map_offset VK_QCOM_image_processing VK_QCOM_image_processing2 VK_QCOM_multiview_per_view_render_areas VK_QCOM_multiview_per_view_viewports VK_QCOM_render_pass_shader_resolve VK_QCOM_render_pass_store_ops VK_QCOM_render_pass_transform VK_QCOM_rotated_copy_commands VK_QCOM_tile_properties VK_QCOM_tile_shading VK_QCOM_ycbcr_degamma

VK_QNX_external_memory_screen_buffer VK_QNX_screen_surface

VK_SEC_amigo_profiling

VK_VALVE_descriptor_set_host_mapping VK_VALVE_mutable_descriptor_type

VK_AMD_buffer_marker VK_AMD_shader_info VK_EXT_device_address_binding_report VK_EXT_device_memory_report VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_feedback VK_EXT_transform_feedback VK_INTEL_performance_query VK_KHR_performance_query VK_KHR_pipeline_executable_properties

VK_ANDROID_external_format_resolve VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_dynamic_state VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_layout VK_EXT_border_color_swizzle VK_EXT_custom_border_color VK_EXT_depth_clip_control VK_EXT_image_2d_view_of_3d VK_EXT_legacy_dithering VK_EXT_legacy_vertex_attributes VK_EXT_non_seamless_cube_map VK_EXT_primitive_topology_list_restart VK_EXT_primitives_generated_query VK_EXT_provoking_vertex VK_EXT_transform_feedback VK_GOOGLE_surfaceless_query VK_IMG_relaxed_line_rasterization

VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_dynamic_state VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_layout VK_EXT_border_color_swizzle VK_EXT_custom_border_color VK_EXT_depth_bias_control VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable VK_EXT_image_sliced_view_of_3d VK_EXT_mutable_descriptor_type VK_EXT_non_seamless_cube_map VK_EXT_transform_feedback VK_MESA_image_alignment_control VK_VALVE_descriptor_set_host_mapping VK_VALVE_mutable_descriptor_type

VK_EXT_debug_marker VK_EXT_debug_report VK_EXT_debug_utils VK_EXT_device_address_binding_report VK_EXT_validation_features VK_EXT_validation_flags

VK_EXT_line_rasterization

External Compute Queues

VkExternalComputeQueueNVOpaque handle to an external compute queue

vkCreateExternalComputeQueueNVCreate an external compute queue for use by a compatible external API.

vkDestroyExternalComputeQueueNVDestroys an external queue.

vkGetExternalComputeQueueDataNVRetrieves data necessary for compatible external API initialization

VkExternalComputeQueueDeviceCreateInfoNVStructure specifying information about external compute queues relevant to device creation

VkExternalComputeQueueCreateInfoNVStructure specifying configuration parameters for external compute queue creation

VkExternalComputeQueueDataParamsNVStructure specifying parameters for implementation-specific data retrieval from the external compute queue

VkPhysicalDeviceExternalComputeQueuePropertiesNVStructure specifying hardware specific information and limits for VK_NV_external_compute_queue functionality

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