Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 241 - June 26, 2022


Order independent transparency, Part 1

  • the article presents how to use per-pixel linked lists to implement order-independent transparency
  • presents performance and memory results of the solution
  • it additionally discusses limitations and a look at alternatives to reduce memory overhead


Physical Units for Lights

  • the article presents a discussion of the different physical Units used for light description
  • provides explanations for each unit and the relationship between them
  • it includes a handy summary graphic as a cheat sheet to remember the relationships


Comparing BCn texture decoders

  • the article compares BC decompression libraries
  • compares the level of format support, decoding performance, and build complexity


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DirectML Plugin for TensorFlow 2 is here

  • the blog posts announce the release of a first preview of the DirectML backend for the TensorFlow 2
  • this allows workloads to be executed on generic D3D12 capable GPUs (AMD, Intel)


It’s time to see the FSR 2 source code!

  • AMD released FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 2 (FSR2) to the public
  • source and documentation about the integration is available
  • it additionally provides information about the different modes and provides comparison images in different scenes


Khronos cross-vendor mesh shader extension update

  • Khronos is sharing the first details about what the cross-vendor Vulkan mesh shader extension will look like
  • presents what the differences to the VK_NV_mesh_shader will be and what to take into consideration when designing a solution today


[video] NVIDIA’s Ray Tracer: Wow, They Nailed It Again!

  • the paper presents an overview of the NVidia Fast Volume Rendering with Spatiotemporal Reservoir Resampling paper
  • video compares against previous results and how ReSTIR techniques can help to reduce noise and require a large reduction in sample counts


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