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AMDVLK - open source Vulkan drivers for Linux

26.12.2017

AMD has released AMDVLK drivers for Linux. These are the first open source graphics drivers for AMD Radeon 3D cards to provide full support for the Vulkan 1.0 graphics API.

The drivers are based on the AMD Platform Abstraction Library (PAL) component, which encapsulates the specific hardware and OS features used by different AMD drivers. This allows you to provide the same experience across platforms, including support for new GPUs and development tools.

Compatible solutions include Radeon HD 3 series, Radeon HD 7000M series, Radeon™ R8000/R5/R7 9/200, Radeon RX 300/400, Radeon M500/M200/M300, Radeon RX Vega, AMD FirePro Workstation Wx400/Wx000 /Wx100, Radeon Pro WX x300 and Radeon Pro 100/400.

The drivers are compliant with the Vulkan 1.0 specification, supporting 30 Vulkan extensions, tracing for Radeon GPU Profiler, built-in debugging and profiling tools, intermediate command pre-buffer, and SR-IOV virtualization. As far as compatible operating systems are concerned, the list includes 64-bit versions of Ubuntu 16.04.3 and RedHat 7.4. The drivers are available in the AMD GPUOpen GitHub repository.

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