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Actually, the name Metal reminded me of S3 MeTaL, one of the APIs during the time when each and every 3D accelerator manufacturer had their own API ;).
by Argorak 12y ago
Actually, the name Metal reminded me of S3 MeTaL, one of the APIs during the time when each and every 3D accelerator manufacturer had their own API ;).
- panzi 12y agoAnd now we are at a state where almost all OS vendors and some GPU manufacturers have their own API. I'm only waiting for Nvidia to announce their own API. They did buy 3dfx back in the days, so they have (bought) some experience with own APIs.
- yoklov 12y agoI think NVidia might be betting on OpenGL prevailing through this mess. Not a bad bet, if you ask me...
- mrec 12y agoGlide is not remotely relevant to anything anymore, and hasn't been for years. Besides, NV have much more recent experience with their own APIs, in form of CUDA and Cg. I like the general trend indicated by this and Mantle and DX12, but the return to full-on platform fragmentation is a bit depressing.