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What is an introduction to the basic concepts and terminology being discussed here? (I write software but nothing GPU- or graphics-related.)

• raphlinus 6y ago
  Unfortunately, both 2D graphics and the programming of Vulkan compute shaders are very arcane topics, and the intersection of the two basically maxes out. For GPU programming, I have a list of resources here: https://raphlinus.github.io/gpu/2020/02/12/gpu-resources.html https://raphlinus.github.io/gpu/2020/02/12/gpu-resources.htm..., and also a talk here: https://www.janestreet.com/tech-talks/a-taste-of-gpu-compute/ https://www.janestreet.com/tech-talks/a-taste-of-gpu-compute... Re 2D graphics, a long term ambition of mine is to write a book on the topic (and I have a repo started with a rough, bullet point outline), largely because I don't know of any source that brings the concepts together. I don't think I'll be able to spend significant time on it, though, as I have my hands pretty full. I am hoping to do more explaining and public communication as part of my piet-gpu work. A good snapshot of GPU font rendering work from 3 years ago is: https://aras-p.info/blog/2017/02/15/Font-Rendering-is-Getting-Interesting/ https://aras-p.info/blog/2017/02/15/Font-Rendering-is-Gettin... . The linked papers are quite good and have informed my thinking, though of course I hope to advance the state of the art even further.