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Is it planned to support functionality corresponding to DirectStorage in Vulkan?
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Description
Some time ago a feature called DirectStorage was announced to be added to the DirectX API. In July 2021 Microsoft apparently released a preview version of the API to limited partners.
Is it planned for Vulkan to support functionality that is supposed to be supported by DirectStorage? By this, I mostly mean GPU decompression of assets, as I imagine disk IO would be out of scope for Vulkan.
I know that DirectStorage is in an early phase and that publically available information about it is limited, so I wanted to ask if there have been any discussions yet regarding a possible introduction of similar functionality to Vulkan?
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Review the issue's references to DirectStorage, Vulkan, and GPU decompression, then check whether a concrete Vulkan API proposal or prior discussion exists. Done would require an accepted scope or design decision; no source file or test is named in the issue.
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Assessment
- Domain
- api, computer-graphics
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100