VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_extended_types

Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

2019-01-08

IP Status

No known IP claims.

Interactions and External Dependencies
Contributors
  • Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
  • Jan-Harald Fredriksen, Arm
  • Neil Henning, AMD
  • Daniel Koch, NVIDIA
  • Jeff Leger, Qualcomm
  • Graeme Leese, Broadcom
  • David Neto, Google
  • Daniel Rakos, AMD

Description

This extension enables the Non Uniform Group Operations in SPIR-V to support 8-bit integer, 16-bit integer, 64-bit integer, 16-bit floating-point, and vectors of these types.

Promotion to Vulkan 1.2

All functionality in this extension is included in core Vulkan 1.2, with the KHR suffix omitted. The original type, enum, and command names are still available as aliases of the core functionality.

New Structures

New Enum Constants

  • VK_KHR_SHADER_SUBGROUP_EXTENDED_TYPES_EXTENSION_NAME
  • VK_KHR_SHADER_SUBGROUP_EXTENDED_TYPES_SPEC_VERSION
  • Extending VkStructureType:
    • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_SUBGROUP_EXTENDED_TYPES_FEATURES_KHR

Version History

  • Revision 1, 2019-01-08 (Neil Henning)
    • Initial draft