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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

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