AMD Open-Sources Vulkan "Anvil"

[haagch]

All of the examples run fine on radv by the way. So that's good.

[Sidicas]

Typical! Large multi-national company does what very few do and releases source-code for something that benefits everybody (potentially, through increased Vulkan adoption). People complain about the name.

Thanks, AMD!

When the quantity of things to complain about drops, people will complain about the smallest of things.

[ResponseWriter]

Typical! Large multi-national company does what very few do and releases source-code for something that benefits everybody (potentially, through increased Vulkan adoption). People complain about the name.

Thanks, AMD!

[VikingGe]

I am confused, Should I start with Anvil or Vulkan-hpp? Vulkan-hpp is pretty basterdized, auto generated code.

Vulkan-hpp is pretty much a raw Vulkan binding, Anvil is a lot more than that, and IMHO it looks rather promising if you just want to get things done. I'd definetly consider it.

[lockheed02]

It's as if AMD had a special Department of Poor and Confusing Names, that they consult before every release...

Not only them. I sometimes think our company (energy sector) has such department too. The projects here have funny/fancy/stupid names. Once they came up with a project called "Manhatten"...

Lockheed

PS: no, our project was not directly related to the original Manhatten Project...

[dungeon]

Hephaestus using an anvil is prior art. :-D

Homer (not Simpson) is epic, but Simpson is fine too

[zboszor]

Strange, isn't it? It's almost like the name "anvil" has some association with Vulcan, Roman god of the forge.

Hephaestus using an anvil is prior art. :-D

[swoorup]

I am confused, Should I start with Anvil or Vulkan-hpp? Vulkan-hpp is pretty basterdized, auto generated code.

[FireBurn]

Nice! Having an anvil to pound on is a great stress reliever.

That's not an Anvil you're bashing away at

[dungeon]

New wallpaper of two old and boring anvils... wondering which one is Intel and which one is AMD there. That on the right looks like older but it might not be