Intel Arc B580 Battlemage does well in Vulkan and OpenCL benchmarks
Published in Graphics


Faster than Geforce RTX 4060 and Radeon RX 7600 XT

As reviewers are busy testing Intel's Arc B580 Battlemage graphics cards, the recent leak shows it to be faster in Vulkan and Open CL benchmarks at Geekbench, beating both the RTX 4070 and the RX 7600 XT.

Raspberry Pi 4 adds Vulkan support
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 03 August 2022 12:14

Raspberry Pi 4 adds Vulkan support


It is only logical

The Raspberry Pi 4 has added support for a more modern Vulkan 3D API, giving the DIY cards a much-needed graphics lift.

Nvidia engineer comes up with Vulkan graphics driver for the Raspberry Pi
Published in Graphics


Beating the Raspberry Pi Foundation

An Nvidia engineer has come up with an open-sourced Vulkan graphics driver for the Raspberry Pi.

Vulkan API gets Vulkan Ray Tracing
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 18 March 2020 11:42

Vulkan API gets Vulkan Ray Tracing


Cross-platform, cross-vendor ray tracing

The Khronos Group has added Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions to Vulkan API, creating the industry's first open, cross-vendor, cross platform standard for ray tracing acceleration.

Andriod P will use Vulkan API 1.1
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 09 May 2018 12:36

Andriod P will use Vulkan API 1.1


Flushed by success

Search engine outfit Google has confirmed that Android P will support Vulkan API 1.1

Vulkan graphics finally come to Macs and iOS
Published in News
Tuesday, 27 February 2018 13:38

Vulkan graphics finally come to Macs and iOS


The needs of the few will be finally met

The Khronos Group, a consortium of hardware and software companies, has announced that the Vulkan graphics technology is finally coming to Apple's platforms, allowing games and apps to run at faster performance levels on Macs and iOS devices.

Adreno 630 runs console like game at 1080
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 08 December 2017 21:45

Adreno 630 runs console like game at 1080


Lineage 2 Revolution does not throttle

We had a chance to see a Snapdragon 845 prototype phone factor design running Lineage 2 revolution 1080p 60 FPS, in so-called console like gaming.

Ashes of the Singularity developer working on Vulkan
Published in Gaming


Getting Vulkan API support soon

According to Stardock, it appears that the developer is planning to release a Vulkan version of Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation in June.

Intel supports Vulcans
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 15 February 2017 12:01

Intel supports Vulcans


The needs of the many


Chipzilla has announced that it is supporting the open source Vulkan APIs.

Vulcan Next plans being drawn up
Published in Graphics
Monday, 01 August 2016 15:09

Vulcan Next plans being drawn up


Zachary Quinto version

Plans are already under way for Vulcan Next, the follow up to Vulcan.