Name

VK_NV_compute_shader_derivatives - device extension

VK_NV_compute_shader_derivatives

Name String

VK_NV_compute_shader_derivatives

Extension Type

Device extension

Registered Extension Number

202

Revision

1

Extension and Version Dependencies

• Requires Vulkan 1.0
• Requires VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2

Contact

• Pat Brown https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs/issues/new?title=VK_NV_compute_shader_derivatives:%20&body=@nvpbrown%20

Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

2018-07-19

IP Status

No known IP claims.

Interactions and External Dependencies

• This extension requires SPV_NV_compute_shader_derivatives
• This extension provides API support for GL_NV_compute_shader_derivatives

Contributors

• Pat Brown, NVIDIA

Description

This extension adds Vulkan support for the SPV_NV_compute_shader_derivatives SPIR-V extension.

The SPIR-V extension provides two new execution modes, both of which allow compute shaders to use built-ins that evaluate compute derivatives explicitly or implicitly. Derivatives will be computed via differencing over a 2x2 group of shader invocations. The DerivativeGroupQuadsNV execution mode assembles shader invocations into 2x2 groups, where each group has x and y coordinates of the local invocation ID of the form (2m+{0,1}, 2n+{0,1}). The DerivativeGroupLinearNV execution mode assembles shader invocations into 2x2 groups, where each group has local invocation index values of the form 4m+{0,1,2,3}.

New Structures

• Extending PhysicalDeviceFeatures2, DeviceCreateInfo:

  • PhysicalDeviceComputeShaderDerivativesFeaturesNV

New Enum Constants

• NV_COMPUTE_SHADER_DERIVATIVES_EXTENSION_NAME

• NV_COMPUTE_SHADER_DERIVATIVES_SPEC_VERSION

• Extending StructureType:

  • STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_COMPUTE_SHADER_DERIVATIVES_FEATURES_NV

New SPIR-V Capability

• ComputeDerivativeGroupQuadsNV

• ComputeDerivativeGroupLinearNV

Issues

1. Should we specify that the groups of four shader invocations used for derivatives in a compute shader are the same groups of four invocations that form a “quad” in shader subgroups?

RESOLVED: Yes.

Examples

None.

Version History

• Revision 1, 2018-07-19 (Pat Brown)

  • Initial draft

See Also

PhysicalDeviceComputeShaderDerivativesFeaturesNV

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

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