Today, with the release of Vulkan 1.3.302, Khronos is proud to announce two new encode extensions. First, the highly anticipated Encode AV1 extension enhances Vulkan Video by adding AV1 encode functionality to complement its existing AV1 decode support. This milestone means that Vulkan Video now provides full decode AND encode acceleration for the H.264, H.265 and AV1 codec standards. Additionally, the new Encode Quantization Map extension introduces advanced encoding features for all supported codecs to Vulkan Video developers for the first time. We are confident these extensions provide the necessary building blocks for your advanced Vulkan Video applications!
Khronos Releases SYCL Rev 9 Specification and Roadmap Updates for SC24 Conference
The SYCL™ Working Group at Khronos® has been hard at work advancing the ecosystem for this open, royalty-free, cross-platform abstraction layer that enables code for heterogeneous and offload processors to be written using modern ISO C++. Through active public development, SYCL continues to grow as developers contribute and provide feedback, shaping the future of this portable programming model. Recently, the SYCL Working Group announced the release of Revision 9 of the SYCL 2020 Specification and exciting upcoming features.
Khronos Releases New ANARI SDK Updates and Hackathon Results
ANARI™ (ANonymous Application Rendering Interface) is an open standard 3D rendering engine API developed by the Khronos Group, offering portable access to advanced 3D rendering techniques, such as ray tracing and global illumination. ANARI’s cross-platform capabilities make it widely adopted in scientific visualization, delivering performance and flexibility through implementations like AMD’s RadeonProRender, Intel’s OSPRay, and NVIDIA’s VisRTX.