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
- This extension provides API support for
GLSL_EXT_shader_subgroup_extended_types
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
- Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:
New Enum Constants
VK_KHR_SHADER_SUBGROUP_EXTENDED_TYPES_EXTENSION_NAMEVK_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