Vulkan is an API (Application Programming Interface) developed by The Khronos Group that allows developers to program modern GPU hardware in a cross-platform and cross-vendor fashion.
Purpose:
It aims to provide high-efficiency access to GPUs, enabling developers to create applications that are portable to multiple platforms.
Advantages:
Low-overhead: Vulkan is designed to minimize the overhead of the graphics driver, leading to better performance.
Cross-platform: It supports multiple platforms, including Windows, Linux, and Android, allowing developers to write code that can run on different devices.
Direct hardware control: Vulkan gives developers more control over the GPU, allowing for fine-grained optimization and improved performance.
Modern features: Vulkan supports new graphics features like ray tracing and bindless APIs, which are not available in older APIs like OpenGL ES.
Relationship to other APIs:
Relationship to other APIs:
Vulkan is a successor to OpenGL, and it's also inspired by AMD's Mantle API.
Use Cases:
Vulkan is used in a wide variety of applications, including games, 3D rendering, and other graphics-intensive applications.
