Remember the API wars? They’re Baaaack

You can thank AI for the chaos.

September 9, 2024

Jon Peddie

Microsoft’s DirectSR, part of DirectX 12, aims to bring stability to the graphics API landscape. It provides tools and libraries for developers to implement AI-based ray tracing, but its reception is uncertain. Khronos’ Vulkan group is considering a similar standard but may wait to see how DirectSR is received. DirectSR supports features like accurate lighting and realistic shadows but is already behind some vendors’s APIs, potentially adding to the complexity.The API wars have returned.Up until 1995, most of the graphics AIB and chip makers had their own API, and some grew briefly to a level of prominence and popularity due

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