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// Copyright 2018-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[video-decode-operations]]
== Video Decode Operations
[[decode-output-picture]]
Video decode operations consume compressed video data from a video bitstream
buffer and zero or more reference pictures, and produce a _decode output
pic... | vulkan-spec/chapters/video/decode.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/video | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.151 | false | false | 66,951 | -1 |
// Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_incremental_present.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2016-11-02
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Ian Elliott, Google
- Jesse Hal... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_incremental_present.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.192 | false | false | 3,524 | -1 |
// Copyright 2019-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
// Common Valid Usage
// Common to indirect drawing commands with a pname:countAddressRange parameter
// {drawCount} is the draw count or max draw count of the command
// {indirectStruct} is the name of the structure containing indi... | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity/draw_indirect_address_stride_common.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.5 | false | false | 1,131 | -1 |
// Copyright 2024-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_shader_replicated_composites.adoc[]
*Last Modified Date*::
2024-02-08
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Kévin Petit, Arm Ltd.
- Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
- Piers Dan... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_shader_replicated_composites.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.421 | false | false | 747 | -1 |
// Copyright 2017-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_shader_non_semantic_info.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2019-10-16
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Baldur Karlsson, Valve
=== ... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_shader_non_semantic_info.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.348 | false | false | 846 | -1 |
// Copyright 2016-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2017-09-05
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
- Faith Ekst... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.188 | false | false | 4,583 | -1 |
// Copyright 2015-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
// Copyright (c) 2020-2023 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
// Copyright (c) 2018-2020 NVIDIA Corporation
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[drawing]]
= Drawing Commands
_Drawing commands_ (commands with ftext:Draw in the name) provoke work in a
graphics pipeline.
Drawin... | vulkan-spec/chapters/drawing.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.22 | false | false | 119,261 | -1 |
// Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
// Copyright (c) 2014-2020 NVIDIA Corporation
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[capabilities]]
= Additional Capabilities
This chapter describes additional capabilities beyond the minimum
capabilities described in the <<limits, Limits>> and <<formats, Formats>>
chapt... | vulkan-spec/chapters/capabilities.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.196 | false | false | 97,376 | -1 |
// Copyright 2023-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
// Common Valid Usage
// Common to dynamic state commands introduced by the optional (not promoted)
// VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state2 features. Requires the requiredfeature
// attribute to be set to the name of the required feature... | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity/dynamic_state2_optional_feature_common.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.647 | false | false | 731 | -1 |
// Copyright 2024-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_shader_maximal_reconvergence.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2021-11-12
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_shader_maximal_reconvergence.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.242 | false | false | 1,440 | -1 |
// Copyright 2015-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[geometry]]
= Geometry Shading
The geometry shader operates on a group of vertices and their associated
data assembled from a single input primitive, and emits zero or more output
primitives and the group of vertices and their ass... | vulkan-spec/chapters/geometry.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.078 | false | false | 11,172 | -1 |
// Copyright 2023-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
// Common Valid Usage
// Common to vkCmdPipelineBarrier and vkCmdWaitEvents which is where both VkPipelineStageFlags and VkAccessFlags
// parameters can be found.
// Set "stageMaskName" and "accessMaskName" attribute to the name of ... | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity/access_mask_common.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.391 | false | false | 1,102 | -1 |
// Copyright 2023-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_pipeline_binary.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2024-07-01
*Contributors*::
- Stu Smith, AMD
- Tobias Hector, AMD
- Alan Harrison, AMD
- Maciej Jes... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_pipeline_binary.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.212 | false | false | 1,034 | -1 |
// Copyright 2021-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_depth_clamp_control.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2024-07-15
*Contributors*::
- Jules Blok, Independent
=== Description
This extension allows the app... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_depth_clamp_control.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.182 | false | false | 2,476 | -1 |
// Copyright 2021-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_QCOM_tile_properties.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2022-07-11
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
- This extension interacts with `apiext:VK_EXT_sub... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_QCOM_tile_properties.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.381 | false | false | 847 | -1 |
// Copyright 2018-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_buffer_device_address.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2019-01-06
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
- This ... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_buffer_device_address.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.271 | false | false | 2,042 | -1 |
// Copyright 2015-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[fundamentals]]
= Fundamentals
This chapter introduces fundamental concepts including the Vulkan
architecture and execution model, API syntax, queues, pipeline
configurations, numeric representation, state and state queries, and the
... | vulkan-spec/chapters/fundamentals.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.112 | false | false | 91,208 | -1 |
// Copyright 2017-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_depth_range_unrestricted.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2017-06-22
*Contributors*::
- Daniel Koch, NVIDIA
- Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
=== Description
This e... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_depth_range_unrestricted.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.22 | false | false | 1,928 | -1 |
// Copyright 2023-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_video_maintenance1.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2023-07-27
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Ahmed Abdelkhalek, AMD
- Aidan F... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_video_maintenance1.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.314 | false | false | 1,540 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2018-2020 NVIDIA Corporation
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_NV_representative_fragment_test.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2018-09-13
*Contributors*::
- Kedarnath Thangudu, NVIDIA
- Christoph Kubisch, NVIDIA
- Pi... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_NV_representative_fragment_test.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.163 | false | false | 4,096 | -1 |
// Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_xlib_surface.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2015-11-28
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Patrick Doane, Blizzard
- Faith Ekstra... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_xlib_surface.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.355 | false | false | 2,608 | -1 |
// Copyright 2020-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_VALVE_descriptor_set_host_mapping.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2022-02-22
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Hans-Kristian Arntzen, ... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_VALVE_descriptor_set_host_mapping.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.234 | false | false | 3,800 | -1 |
// Copyright 2019-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
// Common Valid Usage
// Common to indirect drawing commands
// {addressRange} is the name of the address range parameter being validated
// {addressFlags} is the name of the address flags parameter being validated
* [[VUID-{refpa... | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity/address_flags_common.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.293 | false | false | 3,335 | -1 |
// Copyright 2024-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_robustness.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2024-11-01
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Daniel Story, Nintendo
=... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_robustness.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.258 | false | false | 1,278 | -1 |
// Copyright 2023-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_video_encode_quantization_map.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2024-09-23
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Ahmed Abdelkhalek, AMD
... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_video_encode_quantization_map.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.316 | false | false | 1,610 | -1 |
// Copyright 2015-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
// Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[resources]]
= Resource Creation
ifndef::VK_ARM_tensors[]
Vulkan supports two primary resource types: _buffers_ and _images_.
endif::VK_ARM_tensors[]
ifdef::VK_ARM_tensors[]
Vul... | vulkan-spec/chapters/resources.adoc#p0 | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.202 | false | false | 109,184 | -1 |
// Copyright 2023-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_ARM_data_graph_optical_flow.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2026-04-08
*Contributors*::
- Contributors to VK_NV_optical_flow
- Kevin Petit, Arm Ltd.
- J... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_ARM_data_graph_optical_flow.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.35 | false | false | 677 | -1 |
// Copyright 2020-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
// Common Valid Usage
// Common to creating objects
ifdef::VKSC_VERSION_1_0[]
* [[VUID-{refpage}-device-05068]]
The number of {objectnameplural} currently allocated from pname:device
plus {objectcount} must: be less than o... | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity/memory_reservation_request_count_common.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.5 | false | false | 550 | -1 |
// Copyright 2015-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
// Copyright (c) 2018-2020 NVIDIA Corporation
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[commandbuffers]]
= Command Buffers
[open,refpage='VkCommandBuffer',desc='Opaque handle to a command buffer object',type='handles']
--
Command buffers are objects used to record commands ... | vulkan-spec/chapters/cmdbuffers.adoc#p0 | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.202 | false | false | 149,733 | -1 |
// Copyright 2021-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_QCOM_tile_memory_heap.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2025-05-05
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
- Interacts with `apiext:VK_QCOM_tile_properties`... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_QCOM_tile_memory_heap.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.182 | false | false | 1,955 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2020-2024 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_HUAWEI_subpass_shading.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2021-06-01
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
- This extension provides API support ... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_HUAWEI_subpass_shading.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.097 | false | false | 11,050 | -1 |
// Copyright 2016-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_display_surface_counter.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2016-12-13
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Pierre Boudier, NVIDIA
- Ja... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_display_surface_counter.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.333 | false | false | 777 | -1 |
// Copyright 2017-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_depth_clamp_zero_one.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2024-09-10
*Contributors*::
- Graeme Leese, Broadcom
=== Description
This extension is based on th... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_depth_clamp_zero_one.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.318 | false | false | 800 | -1 |
// Copyright 2020-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_SEC_pipeline_cache_incremental_mode.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2025-06-24
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Chris Hambacher, Sams... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_SEC_pipeline_cache_incremental_mode.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.217 | false | false | 1,881 | -1 |
// Copyright 2023-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_MSFT_layered_driver.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2023-06-21
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Jesse Natalie, Microsoft
=== Descrip... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_MSFT_layered_driver.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.381 | false | false | 702 | -1 |
// Copyright 2015-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[descriptors-sets]]
= Descriptor Sets
A descriptor set object is an opaque object containing storage for a set of
descriptors, where the types and number of descriptors is defined by a
descriptor set layout.
The layout object may: be... | vulkan-spec/chapters/descriptorsets.adoc#p0 | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.163 | false | false | 149,648 | -1 |
// Copyright 2023-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
// Common Valid Usage
// Common to vk*Copy* commands that have image as source and/or destination.
// This relies on an additional attribute {imageparam} set by the command
// which includes this file, specifying the name of the sou... | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity/copy_anyimage_to_imageany_common.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.417 | false | false | 1,839 | -1 |
// Copyright 2017-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_validation_cache.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2017-08-29
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Cort Stratton, Google
- Chris Forb... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_validation_cache.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.308 | false | false | 1,019 | -1 |
// Copyright 2020-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
// Common Valid Usage
// Common to vkCmdPushDescriptorSet* commands
* [[VUID-{refpage}-set-00364]]
pname:set must: be less than
slink:VkPipelineLayoutCreateInfo::pname:setLayoutCount provided when
pname:layout was crea... | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity/push_descriptor_set_common.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.36 | false | false | 1,125 | -1 |
// Copyright 2017-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_shader_relaxed_extended_instruction.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2024-01-24
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Alan Baker, Googl... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_shader_relaxed_extended_instruction.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.348 | false | false | 892 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2017-2020 NVIDIA Corporation
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_NV_framebuffer_mixed_samples.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2017-06-04
*Contributors*::
- Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
=== Description
This extension allows multisam... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_NV_framebuffer_mixed_samples.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.184 | false | false | 2,549 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2023-2026 Arm Ltd.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_ARM_data_graph_neural_accelerator_statistics.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2026-04-28
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
- None
*IP Status*::
No known IP... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_ARM_data_graph_neural_accelerator_statistics.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.36 | false | false | 764 | -1 |
// Copyright 2021-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_shader_expect_assume.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2023-12-06
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Kevin Petit, Arm
- Tobias Hect... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_shader_expect_assume.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.321 | false | false | 1,055 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2018-2020 NVIDIA Corporation
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_NV_device_diagnostic_checkpoints.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2018-07-16
*Contributors*::
- Oleg Kuznetsov, NVIDIA
- Alex Dunn, NVIDIA
- Jeff Bolz, NV... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_NV_device_diagnostic_checkpoints.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.346 | false | false | 980 | -1 |
// Copyright 2022-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_QCOM_multiview_per_view_viewports.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2022-11-22
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_QCOM_multiview_per_view_viewports.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.213 | false | false | 2,351 | -1 |
// Copyright 2019-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_shader_integer_dot_product.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2021-06-16
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
- This extension interacts with `apiext:... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_shader_integer_dot_product.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.25 | false | false | 1,941 | -1 |
// Copyright 2018-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_depth_stencil_resolve.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2018-04-09
*Contributors*::
- Jan-Harald Fredriksen, Arm
- Andrew Garrard, Samsung Electronics
... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_depth_stencil_resolve.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.185 | false | false | 2,470 | -1 |
// Copyright 2020-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[micromap]]
= Micromap
[[micromap-def]]
== Micromaps
_Acceleration structures_ store and organize geometry for ray tracing, but
in some cases it is beneficial to include some information within the
geometry, particularly for tri... | vulkan-spec/chapters/VK_KHR_opacity_micromap/micromaps.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/VK_KHR_opacity_micromap | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.235 | false | false | 61,904 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2020 NVIDIA Corporation
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_NV_inherited_viewport_scissor.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2021-02-04
*Contributors*::
- David Zhao Akeley, NVIDIA
- Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
- Piers Daniell, NVI... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_NV_inherited_viewport_scissor.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.176 | false | false | 3,558 | -1 |
// Copyright 2019-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_present_wait2.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2025-05-30
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Hans-Kristian Arntzen, Valve
- James ... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_present_wait2.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.179 | false | false | 5,070 | -1 |
// Copyright 2015-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[fxvertex]]
= Fixed-Function Vertex Processing
Vertex fetching is controlled via configurable state, as a logically
distinct graphics pipeline stage.
[[fxvertex-attrib]]
== Vertex Attributes
Vertex shaders can: define input variab... | vulkan-spec/chapters/fxvertex.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.191 | false | false | 59,768 | -1 |
// Copyright 2025-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_device_address_commands.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2026-03-10
*Contributors*::
- Tobias Hector, AMD
- Matthew Netsch, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc
... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_device_address_commands.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.159 | false | false | 1,363 | -1 |
// Copyright 2015-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[fragops]]
= Fragment Operations
Fragments produced by rasterization go through a number of operations to
determine whether or how values produced by fragment shading are written to
the framebuffer.
The following fragment operations... | vulkan-spec/chapters/fragops.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.178 | false | false | 133,981 | -1 |
// Copyright 2020-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
// Common Valid Usage
// Common to vkCmdCopyBufferToImage* commands
* [[VUID-{refpage}-pRegions-00171]]
pname:srcBuffer must: be large enough to contain all buffer locations
that are accessed according to <<copies-buffers-... | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity/copy_buffer_to_image_common.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.302 | false | false | 2,658 | -1 |
// Copyright 2019-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_filter_cubic.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2019-12-13
*Contributors*::
- Bill Licea-Kane, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
- Andrew Garrard, Samsung
- D... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_filter_cubic.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.324 | false | false | 1,314 | -1 |
// Copyright 2025-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_copy_memory_indirect.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2025-01-25
*Contributors*::
- Daniel Koch, NVIDIA
- Vikram Kushwaha, NVIDIA
- Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_copy_memory_indirect.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.241 | false | false | 1,068 | -1 |
// Copyright 2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_SEC_throttle_hint.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2026-04-09
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Jonghyuk Eun, Samsung
- Minyoung Son, Sams... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_SEC_throttle_hint.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.206 | false | false | 2,925 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2023 Arm Ltd.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_ARM_shader_core_properties.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2023-02-07
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Jan-Harald Fredriksen, Arm Ltd.
=== Descript... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_ARM_shader_core_properties.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.348 | false | false | 879 | -1 |
The number of pixels captured when
ename:VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_FEEDBACK_INTRA_PIXELS_BIT_KHR,
ename:VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_FEEDBACK_INTER_PIXELS_BIT_KHR, and/or
ename:VK_VIDEO_ENCODE_FEEDBACK_SKIPPED_PIXELS_BIT_KHR are specified includes
padding pixels beyond the requested coded extent that are part of the
complete coding blocks en... | vulkan-spec/chapters/queries.adoc#p1 | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.093 | false | false | 11,315 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2022-2025 Arm Ltd.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_ARM_data_graph.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2025-06-18
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
- This extension requires {spirv}/EXT/SPV_ARM_graph.html[`SPV_ARM_... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_ARM_data_graph.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.21 | false | false | 2,710 | -1 |
// Copyright 2021-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
// This is a simplified version of
// gen/meta/promoted_extensions_VK_VERSION_1_1.txt
// from the Vulkan repository spec build.
// The Vulkan SC spec build will not generate that file since none of the
// extensions promoted to 1.1 cor... | vulkan-spec/appendices/sc_static/promoted_extensions_VK_VERSION_1_1.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/appendices/sc_static | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 1 | false | false | 1,229 | -1 |
// Copyright 2024-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_shader_ocp_microscaling_types.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2026-04-29
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Kévin Petit, Arm Ltd.
... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_shader_ocp_microscaling_types.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.341 | false | false | 2,071 | -1 |
// Copyright 2020-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[compressed-triangle-data]]
= Compressed triangle data
[[dense-geometry-format]]
== Dense Geometry Format Version 1 (DGF1)
The provisional `apiext:VK_AMDX_dense_geometry_format` extension provides a
way for applications to build ac... | vulkan-spec/chapters/VK_AMDX_dense_geometry_format/dense_geometry_format.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/VK_AMDX_dense_geometry_format | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.205 | false | false | 24,072 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2023-2024 NVIDIA Corporation
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_NV_display_stereo.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2024-11-20
*Contributors*::
- Russell Chou, NVIDIA
- Jeff Juliano, NVIDIA
- James Jones, NVIDIA
=== De... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_NV_display_stereo.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.28 | false | false | 1,019 | -1 |
* pname:sType is a elink:VkStructureType value identifying this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this
structure.
* pname:shaderStages is the mask of shader stages used by the commands.
* pname:indirectExecutionSet is the indirect execution set to be used for
bindi... | vulkan-spec/chapters/device_generated_commands/generatedcommands.adoc#p1 | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/device_generated_commands | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.233 | false | false | 16,796 | -1 |
// Copyright 2021-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_shader_module_identifier.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2022-05-16
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Hans-Kristian Arntzen, Valve... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_shader_module_identifier.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.174 | false | false | 2,135 | -1 |
// Copyright 2019-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_present_id2.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2025-01-06
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Hans-Kristian Arntzen, Valve
- James Jo... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_present_id2.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.286 | false | false | 932 | -1 |
// Copyright 2016-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_timeline_semaphore.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2019-06-12
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
- This ext... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_timeline_semaphore.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.237 | false | false | 5,566 | -1 |
// Copyright 2023-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[encode-av1]]
== AV1 Encode Operations
Video encode operations using an <<encode-av1-profile,AV1 encode profile>>
can: be used to encode elementary video stream sequences compliant with the
<<aomedia-av1,AV1 Specification>>.
[NOTE]
... | vulkan-spec/chapters/video/av1_encode.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/video | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.189 | false | false | 102,722 | -1 |
// Copyright 2023-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
// Common Valid Usage
// Common to commands copying from images to buffers, or buffers to images
// This relies on the following additional attributes set by the command which
// includes this file:
//
// - {imageparam}, specifying... | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity/copy_bufferimage_to_imagebuffer_buffer_alignment_common.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.464 | false | false | 1,511 | -1 |
// Copyright 2016-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_create_renderpass2.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2018-02-07
*Contributors*::
- Tobias Hector
- Jeff Bolz
=== Description
This extension provides a ... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_create_renderpass2.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.256 | false | false | 2,125 | -1 |
// Copyright 2018-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_pageable_device_local_memory.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2021-08-24
*Contributors*::
- Hans-Kristian Arntzen, Valve
- Axel Gneiting, id Software
... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_pageable_device_local_memory.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.113 | false | false | 3,284 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA Corporation
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[external-compute-queues]]
= External Compute Queues
[open,refpage='VkExternalComputeQueueNV',desc='Opaque handle to an external compute queue',type='handles']
--
External compute queues are used to join compatible external APIs to a
s... | vulkan-spec/chapters/VK_NV_external_compute_queue/VK_NV_external_compute_queue.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/VK_NV_external_compute_queue | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.395 | false | false | 6,528 | -1 |
// Copyright 2025-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_QCOM_tile_shading.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2025-8-13
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
- This extension... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_QCOM_tile_shading.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.224 | false | false | 5,096 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2024 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_AMD_anti_lag.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2024-06-06
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Tobias Hector, AMD
- Stuart Smith, AM... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_AMD_anti_lag.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.32 | false | false | 916 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2020-2024 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[cluster-culling]]
= Cluster Culling Shading
This shader type has an execution environment similar to that of a compute
shader, where a collection of shader invocations form a workgroup and
cooperate to perform coarse le... | vulkan-spec/chapters/VK_HUAWEI_cluster_culling_shader/clusterculling.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/VK_HUAWEI_cluster_culling_shader | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.236 | false | false | 5,071 | -1 |
// Copyright 2016-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_ballot.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2016-11-28
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
- This... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_ballot.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.481 | false | false | 3,997 | -1 |
// Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_display_swapchain.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2017-03-13
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- James Jones, NVIDIA
- Jeff Vigil,... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_display_swapchain.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.317 | false | false | 5,121 | -1 |
// Copyright 2016-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_external_memory_win32.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2016-10-21
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- James Jones, NVIDIA
- Jeff Ju... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_external_memory_win32.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.229 | false | false | 2,215 | -1 |
// Copyright 2020-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_fragment_density_map2.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2020-06-16
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
- Interacts with Vulkan 1.1
*Contributors*::
... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_fragment_density_map2.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.338 | false | false | 3,010 | -1 |
// Copyright 2021-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_image_compression_control_swapchain.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2022-05-02
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Jan-Harald Fredri... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_image_compression_control_swapchain.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.348 | false | false | 796 | -1 |
// Copyright 2019-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
// Common Valid Usage
// Common to acceleration structure build commands executed on the device
* [[VUID-{refpage}-pInfos-12258]]
If pname:pInfos[i].pname:mode is
ename:VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_BUILD_KHR, and N... | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity/build_acceleration_structure_device_common.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.137 | false | false | 19,902 | -1 |
// Copyright 2019-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
// Common Valid Usage
* [[VUID-{refpage}-robustBufferAccess2-08798]]
If the <<features-robustBufferAccess2, pname:robustBufferAccess2>>
feature is not enabled, [eq]#(code:indexSize {times} (pname:firstIndex
{plus} pnam... | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity/draw_index_binding.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.5 | false | false | 591 | -1 |
// Copyright 2018-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_ycbcr_image_arrays.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2019-01-15
*Contributors*::
- Piers Daniell, NVIDIA
=== Description
This extension allows images of ... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_ycbcr_image_arrays.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.412 | false | false | 637 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2016-2020 NVIDIA Corporation
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_NV_external_memory_rdma.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2021-04-19
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Carsten Rohde, NVIDIA
=== Descri... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_NV_external_memory_rdma.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.162 | false | false | 3,955 | -1 |
// Copyright 2019-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_index_type_uint8.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2019-05-02
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
=== Description
... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_EXT_index_type_uint8.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.348 | false | false | 803 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2021-2023 NVIDIA Corporation
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_NV_displacement_micromap.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2023-03-17
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
TBD
*Contributors*::
- Christoph Kubisch, ... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_NV_displacement_micromap.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.356 | false | false | 1,945 | -1 |
// Copyright 2023-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
// Common Valid Usage
// Common to query pool count commands
* [[VUID-{refpage}-firstQuery-09436]]
pname:firstQuery must: be less than the number of queries in
pname:queryPool
* [[VUID-{refpage}-firstQuery-09437]]
T... | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity/query_pool_count_common.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.667 | false | false | 467 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2018-2022 NVIDIA Corporation
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_NV_optical_flow.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2022-09-26
*Contributors*::
- Carsten Rohde, NVIDIA
- Vipul Parashar, NVIDIA
- Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
- Eric... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_NV_optical_flow.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.156 | false | false | 4,705 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2018-2021 NVIDIA Corporation
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_NVX_binary_import.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2024-11-04
*Contributors*::
- Eric Werness, NVIDIA
- Liam Middlebrook, NVIDIA
=== Description
This exte... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_NVX_binary_import.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.27 | false | false | 5,377 | -1 |
// Copyright 2023-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
// Common Valid Usage
// Common to vkCmdEndTransformFeedbackEXT and vkCmdEndTransformFeedback2EXT
* [[VUID-{refpage}-transformFeedback-02374]]
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceTransformFeedbackFeaturesEXT::pname:transformFeedback
mu... | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity/xform_feedback_end_common.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/commonvalidity | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.458 | false | false | 1,081 | -1 |
// Copyright 2025-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_NV_external_compute_queue.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2025-03-24
*Contributors*::
- Chris Lentini, NVIDIA
- Eric Werness, NVIDIA
- James Jones, NVIDI... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_NV_external_compute_queue.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.099 | false | false | 3,209 | -1 |
// Copyright 2016-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_push_descriptor.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2017-09-12
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
- Michael Worcest... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_push_descriptor.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.357 | false | false | 1,108 | -1 |
// Copyright 2024-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[[descriptorheaps]]
= Descriptor Heaps
When the <<features-descriptorHeap, pname:descriptorHeap>> feature is
enabled, applications can use descriptor heaps to specify the descriptors
that they will be accessing from shaders.
Descripto... | vulkan-spec/chapters/descriptorheaps.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.18 | false | false | 108,773 | -1 |
// Copyright 2025-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_shader_bfloat16.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2024-04-09
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Tobias Hector, AMD
- Stu Smith, AMD... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_shader_bfloat16.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.344 | false | false | 1,099 | -1 |
// Copyright (c) 2020 NVIDIA Corporation
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
[source,c]
----
void cmdProcessAllSequences(cmd, pipeline, indirectCommandsLayout, pIndirectCommandsTokens, sequencesCount, indexbuffer, indexbufferOffset)
{
for (s = 0; s < sequencesCount; s++)
{
sUsed = s;
if (indirectComm... | vulkan-spec/chapters/device_generated_commands/cmdProcessAllSequences.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec/chapters/device_generated_commands | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.25 | false | false | 785 | -1 |
// Copyright 2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_extended_flags.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2025-12-17
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Andreas Süßenbach, NVIDIA
- Daniel Koch, NVI... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_extended_flags.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.169 | false | false | 3,056 | -1 |
// Copyright 2024-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_NV_cooperative_matrix2.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2024-08-01
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
- This extension provides API support for
{G... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_NV_cooperative_matrix2.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.326 | false | false | 2,260 | -1 |
// Copyright 2021-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_global_priority.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2021-10-22
*Contributors*::
- Tobias Hector, AMD
- Contributors to `apiext:VK_EXT_global_priority`
- ... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_global_priority.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.138 | false | false | 3,222 | -1 |
// Copyright 2017-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate.adoc[]
=== Other Extension Metadata
*Last Modified Date*::
2021-09-30
*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
- This extension provides API support for
... | vulkan-spec/appendices/VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate.adoc | books | vulkan-spec | vulkan-spec | CC-BY-4.0 | CC-BY-4.0 | b94f8bd2d004d2949469d8a5071ee10eb7d23566 | doc | false | 0.189 | false | false | 2,441 | -1 |
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