Here are some new Metal features that are available with A12 GPU: (2/3) Stencil Feedback: New MetalSL built-in: [[stencil]] -> Output stencil value for use in the stencil test Stencil Resolve: Tweet added by Gokhan Avkarogullari @gavkar

Gokhan Avkarogullari

6 years

Here are some new Metal features that are available with A12 GPU: (2/3) Stencil Feedback: New MetalSL built-in: [[stencil]] -> Output stencil value for use in the stencil test Stencil Resolve:

MTLMultisampleStencilResolveFilter | Apple Developer Documentation

Constants used to control the multisample stencil resolve operation.

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Gokhan Avkarogullari

@gavkar

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Here are some new Metal features that are available with A12 GPU (1/3) Layered Rendering: Multi-Viewport Rendering:

renderTargetArrayLength | Apple Developer Documentation

The number of active layers that all attachments must have for layered rendering.

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Gokhan Avkarogullari

@gavkar

6 years

Here are some new Metal features that are available with A12 GPU: (3/3) Indirect Tessellation Increased Maximum Tessellation Factor (from 16 to 64)

drawIndexedPatches(numberOfPatchControlPoints:patchIndexBuffer:patchIndexBufferOffset:controlPoin...

Encodes a draw command that renders multiple instances of tessellated patches with a control point index buffer and indirect arguments.

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