Vulkan 圖形 API

Samsung 從 2016年，也就是從 S7 開始在 Galaxy 設備上支援 Vulkan，還有 Google 也在 Android Nougat 中支援了 Vulkan。

因為 Vulkan 1.1 更偏向於允許開發人員能夠更好地利用可用硬件的編程接口，對一般最終用戶來說並未有作用，只有當越來越多的開發者採用 Vulkan 1.1時，我們才可以體會到 Vulkan 帶來的直接改變。
Vulkan


Google 對於Vulkan 的說明 https://source.android.com/devices/graphics/arch-vulkan


Android supports Vulkan, a low-overhead, cross-platform API for high-performance 3D graphics. Like OpenGL ES (GLES), Vulkan provides tools for creating high-quality, real-time graphics in apps. Advantages of using Vulkan include reductions in CPU overhead and support for the SPIR-V Binary Intermediate language.

System on chip vendors (SoCs) such as GPU independent hardware vendors (IHVs) can write Vulkan drivers for Android. OEMs need to integrate these drivers for specific devices. For details on how a Vulkan driver interacts with the system, how GPU-specific tools should be installed, and Android-specific requirements, see Implementing Vulkan.

Application developers use Vulkan to create apps that execute commands on the GPU with significantly reduced overhead. Vulkan also provides a more direct mapping to the capabilities found in current graphics hardware compared to EGL and GLES, minimizing opportunities for driver bugs and reducing developer testing time.

For general information on Vulkan, refer to the Vulkan Overview or see the list of Resources.



Nvidia 對於Vulkan 的支援說明 https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-android

Vulkan Readiness on Android & NVIDIA SHIELD

NVIDIA is the world leader in visual computing and is supporting Vulkan with information, developer guides and drivers across a large range of NVIDIA graphics cards for the desktop and NVIDIA SHIELD devices.
Vulkan 1.0

Vulkan 1.0 is supported on NVIDIA SHIELD TV (OTA 3.0.0), SHIELD TABLET K1 (OTA 1.2.0), and SHIELD TABLET (OTA 4.1.0) with Android 6.0 “Marshmallow” and later.

Vulkan driver updates and additional extensions have been regularly delivered via subsequent OTAs.
Vulkan 1.1

Vulkan 1.1 is supported on NVIDIA SHIELD TV, with Android 8.0 “Oreo” and later (Shield Experience 7.0 OTA).