Raspberry Pi 4 is Now OpenGL ES 3.1 Conformant, Work ...

Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 4 was launched last June with a new Broadcom BCM2711 SoC featuring an upgraded Videocore VI GPU supporting OpenGL ES ... Skiptocontent RaspberryPi4ModelB4waslaunchedlastJunewithanewBroadcomBCM2711SoCfeaturinganupgradedVideocoreVIGPUsupportingOpenGLES3.0graphicsAPI. SomedriversonlyimplementasubsetofOpenGL3.0/3.13DgraphicsstandarddefinedbytheKhronosGroup,andthegoodnewsisthatRaspberryPi4ModelBisnowOpenGLES3.1conformant,asitpassedalltestsinKhronosconformancetestsuite. ThatmeansthatanyLinuxprogrammedusingOpenGLES3.1APIshouldworkoutofthebox,althoughinsomecasestheremaybeissues/bugsthatwerenotdetectedbythetestsuite. TheVulkanAPIisanevolutionofOpenGLESAPIthatismeanttobemorepower-efficientasitbettermakesutilizeofmulti-coreprocessors.TheRaspberryPiFoundationhasalsostartedworkingonVulkansupportforRaspberryPi4,andwhilethedriverisstillverymuchworkinprogressthebasictriangledemo(i.e.the“HelloWorld!”ofgraphicsprogramming)isnowworking. ClicktoEnlarge TheRaspberryPiFoundationhasoutsourcedgraphicsdevelopmentworktoanopen-sourceconsultingcompanybasedinSpaincalledIgaliaandnotesfullsupportwilltakemuchlonger,asthecompanyhasonlyworkedontheVulkandriverforafewweekssofar.EbenUptonmentionsitwilltakeawhilebeforepeoplecantryoutVulkanonthePi: Oncewehavesomethingsuitablefortire-kickingwe’lldoanotherpostwithinstructions.Probablysixmonthsorso. Atthattime,theymaybeareleaseofthecoderunningontheArmcoreaswell,butitwilltakemuchlongertogetVulkanconformance. Jean-LucAufranc(CNXSoft)Jean-LucstartedCNXSoftwarein2010asapart-timeendeavor,beforequittinghisjobasasoftwareengineeringmanager,andstartingtowritedailynews,andreviewsfulltimelaterin2011. 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