@ZinkDriver

Official account for Zink: Open Source graphics driver layering OpenGL over Vulkan

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Joined January 2021
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ICYMI ➡️ Last week, @ImaginationTech announced some very exciting news: they are now using #Zink for full #OpenGL 4.6 support. This is the very first product to be officially conformant using #Zink! Learn more: col.la/imgzink #OpenSource @VulkanAPI

Zink brings conformant OpenGL on Imagination GPUs

Today, Imagination Technologies announced some very exciting news: they are now using Zink for full OpenGL 4.6 support!

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#dethrace running on @ZinkDriver (which translates OpenGL into Vulkan calls). Pretty awesome! #gamedev #reverseengineering #linuxgaming
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Khronos has released a new multi-vendor Vulkan extension, VK_EXT_shader_object. With it, you can use Vulkan without pipelines today! Learn more: khronos.org/blog/you-can-use… #developers #programming

You Can Use Vulkan Without Pipelines Today

Deploying and developing royalty-free open standards for 3D graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Parallel Computing, Neural Networks, and Vision Processing

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My @igalia colleague Iago Toral has posted a performance comparison between @opengl and @VulkanAPI for @supertuxkart under @Raspberry_Pi 4. And mentions some Zink numbers too! blogs.igalia.com/itoral/2023…
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glimpsed the future, glxgears on zink on nvk on kernel using nvidia gsp firmware.
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"What is Zink and why do I need it in X-Plane?" 🤔 Answers for you here: developer.x-plane.com/2023/0…

Addressing Plugin Flickering - X-Plane Developer

X-Plane 12.04b3 ships with a new feature called “Zink”, which we hope is going to alleviate a lot of the long standing issues that many users, especially with AMD GPUs have suffered from. This...

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@XPlaneOfficial Enabling ZINK plugin bridge has increased frame rate by 34-40%. CPU utilization down 50% from its highs. WOW! AMD6900XT with 5900X CPU soon to be 7950X3D! @amdradeon @AMDRyzen
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ICYMI 👉 At #XDC2022 earlier this month, @jekstrand_ introduced #NVK, a brand new, open-source #Vulkan driver written from scratch using the new official headers from #NVIDIA. Learn more about NVK here: col.la/nvk @VulkanAPI #OpenSource

Introducing NVK

Say hello to a brand new, open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware in Mesa.

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let's throw radv into the mix
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#XDC2022 may have ended, but community memes are only heating up. c/o mhenning #OpenGL #Vulkan #Zink
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Working on my slides for XDC. My talk is entitled "How to write a Vulkan driver in 2022" and I'll be talking about the common Vulkan runtime we've been building in Mesa. If you want to watch, it'll be at 10:45 CDT on Tuesday, Oct 4: indico.freedesktop.org/event…

X.Org developer's Conference + WineConf + FOSS XR 2022

The X.Org Developer's Conference is the event for developers working on all things Open graphics (Linux kernel, Mesa, DRM, Wayland, X11, etc.). WineConf is the annual technical meeting for developers...

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Stay tuned: @discomfitor will be delivering the #XDC2022 Zink presentation of a lifetime during Tuesday's sessions. Where will the driver go from here? Will games ever be playable without shader compile stuttering? #Vulkan #OpenSource #OpenGL #Zink indico.freedesktop.org/event…

X.Org developer's Conference + WineConf + FOSS XR 2022

The X.Org Developer's Conference is the event for developers working on all things Open graphics (Linux kernel, Mesa, DRM, Wayland, X11, etc.). WineConf is the annual technical meeting for developers...

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Khronos has released the Vulkan Mesh Shader Pipeline proposed extension. It provides an alternative geometry rasterization pipeline. To learn more about it, read the new blog at: khronos.org/blog/mesh-shadin…

Mesh Shading for Vulkan

Deploying and developing royalty-free open standards for 3D graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Parallel Computing, Neural Networks, and Vision Processing

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Lavapipe is officially Vulkan 1.2 conformant. airlied.blogspot.com/2022/05…
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"Zink running wglgears on a NVIDIA 2070 GPU on Windows at full speed. No software-copy scanout. Just Kopper."👌Here's the latest #Zink update from @discomfitor: supergoodcode.com/do-not/ #OpenGL #Vulkan #Windows #Kopper
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The Finale: In @discomfitor's last #Zink update for 2021, we learn Zink is now running #DirectX games faster than DXVK! #OpenSource, for the win! supergoodcode.com/the-finale… #OpenGL #Vulkan #Mesa3D
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What if Zink was actually the fastest GL driver? In @discomfitor's latest update, he reveals #Zink with NVIDIA’s Vulkan driver is roughly 25-30% faster than NVIDIA’s GL driver for Tomb Raider! supergoodcode.com/NV-envy/ #OpenGL #Vulkan #OpenSource
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#NVIDIA GPUs might become even faster in the future by running @opengl games on #Zink and #Vulkan! The #OpenSource OpenGL implementation opens up a shocking lead on NVIDIA's own GL driver in at least one game, as discovered by @discomfitor supergoodcode.com/NV-envy/
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Landing in 2022: Copper, a new DRI interface extension for #Zink, enabling Zink to render more efficiently, support more drivers, and work on more platforms including supporting compositors! supergoodcode.com/pipe-magic… @discomfitor @ZinkDriver #Vulkan #OpenSource
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