VK_AMD_gpu_shader_half_float

Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

2019-04-11

IP Status

No known IP claims.

Interactions and External Dependencies

• This extension provides API support for GL_AMD_gpu_shader_half_float

Contributors

• Daniel Rakos, AMD
• Dominik Witczak, AMD
• Donglin Wei, AMD
• Graham Sellers, AMD
• Qun Lin, AMD
• Rex Xu, AMD

Description

This extension adds support for using half float variables in shaders.

Deprecation by VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8

Functionality in this extension was included in VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8 extension, when VkPhysicalDeviceShaderFloat16Int8FeaturesKHR::shaderFloat16 is enabled.

New Enum Constants

• VK_AMD_GPU_SHADER_HALF_FLOAT_EXTENSION_NAME
• VK_AMD_GPU_SHADER_HALF_FLOAT_SPEC_VERSION

Version History

• Revision 2, 2019-04-11 (Tobias Hector)
  • Marked as deprecated
• Revision 1, 2016-09-21 (Dominik Witczak)
  • Initial draft