Float64 Support For Intel's Vulkan Driver Is Almost Here

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Float64 Support For Intel's Vulkan Driver Is Almost Here

While it took a long time for Intel's Mesa driver to begin supporting the ARB_gpu_shader_fp64 extension for double-precision floating-point data types in shaders, fortunately it looks like Intel should soon land the Float64 support in their Vulkan driver soon...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Float64-V2-Intel-ANV-Vulkan

[andrei_me]

Does the NIR changes will help the RADV?

[BNieuwenhuizen]

Does the NIR changes will help the RADV?

Yes, though we probably still need to implement some radv specific bits.

[andrei_me]

Yes, though we probably still need to implement some radv specific bits.

Cool, the same applies to everyone that uses NIR, like freedreno and VC4?

[smitty3268]

Cool, the same applies to everyone that uses NIR, like freedreno and VC4?

Theoretically, i suppose, although they don't have fp64 support in their hardware so it doesn't really matter.

[ldo17]

And so, 3D graphics APIs get dragged, kicking and screaming, towards full IEEE-754 compliance ...