3 ms·
No, he's right. Shaders exist at the graphics API level, and while they're designed to be run on dedicated GPUs, they can be run on CPUs, too. Chrome, for exa
by jcl 8y ago
No, he's right. Shaders exist at the graphics API level, and while they're designed to be run on dedicated GPUs, they can be run on CPUs, too. Chrome, for example, ships with a software rendering fallback, which ensures WebGL shaders can run even when a GPU is not available.
https://blog.chromium.org/2016/06/universal-rendering-with-swiftshader.html https://blog.chromium.org/2016/06/universal-rendering-with-s...