Name

VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_extended_types - device extension

VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_extended_types

Name String

VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_extended_types

Extension Type

Device extension

Registered Extension Number

176

Revision

1

Extension and Version Dependencies

• Requires Vulkan 1.1

Deprecation state

• Promoted to Vulkan 1.2

Contact

• Neil Henning https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs/issues/new?title=VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_extended_types:%20&body=@sheredom%20

Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

2019-01-08

IP Status

No known IP claims.

Interactions and External Dependencies

• Promoted to Vulkan 1.2 Core
• 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 PhysicalDeviceFeatures2, DeviceCreateInfo:

  • PhysicalDeviceShaderSubgroupExtendedTypesFeaturesKHR

New Enum Constants

• KHR_SHADER_SUBGROUP_EXTENDED_TYPES_EXTENSION_NAME

• KHR_SHADER_SUBGROUP_EXTENDED_TYPES_SPEC_VERSION

• Extending StructureType:

  • STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_SUBGROUP_EXTENDED_TYPES_FEATURES_KHR

Version History

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

  • Initial draft

See Also

PhysicalDeviceShaderSubgroupExtendedTypesFeaturesKHR

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

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