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What's your stance on WebGPU - from my understanding it could be perfect thing for Futhark to target, as it would allow for truly portable GPU code both hardwar

What's your stance on WebGPU - from my understanding it could be perfect thing for Futhark to target, as it would allow for truly portable GPU code both hardware and platform-wise.

Munksgaard 3y ago
We actually have a long-standing issue regarding WebGPU[0]. Long story short, we want to support it, and Athas did some exploratory work a couple of years ago and decided that WebGPU wasn't mature enough yet. We already have a WebAssembly backend, so as soon as it is possible to access WebGPU from WebAssembly it should be relatively straightforward. [0]: https://github.com/diku-dk/futhark/issues/1403 https://github.com/diku-dk/futhark/issues/1403
- skitter 3y ago
  Do you need to directly access it – isn't JS glue code (such as provided via Emscripten) enough?
  - Athas 3y ago
    I work on Futhark. We hope that WebGPU-through-Emscripten is viable, but I haven't yet had the spare cycles to make sure. I did find some examples that looked promising.