DirectX Developer Blog

Enhanced Color Filter Controls for Windows 11

September 27, 2023 Sep 27, 2023 09/27/23

Wendy Ho

A new feature to help color blind users customize their display settings   (top) The Color filter preview without any color filter applied,  (bottom) Color filter preview with red-green (protanopia, red-weak) filter applied Introduction At Microsoft, we are committed to making our products and services accessible to everyone...

Optimizing hybrid laptop performance with Cross Adapter Scan-Out (CASO)

September 25, 2023 Sep 25, 2023 09/25/23

Neeraj Gera, James O'Connor, Chinmay Wadgaonkar

Introduction For an avid gamer, having a robust Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is non-negotiable for an optimal gaming experience. Hybrid laptops, equipped with both an integrated GPU (iGPU) and a discrete GPU (dGPU), have become a popular choice for many. If you've delved into maximizing your laptop gaming performance, you've undoubtedly ...

HLSL 2021 Migration Guide

August 14, 2023 Aug 14, 2023 08/14/23

Greg Roth

The DirectX Shader Compiler Summer 2023 release is live! The most significant change in this release is the enabling of the HLSL 2021 language version by default. HLSL 2021 includes templates, operator overloads, bitfields, short-circuiting, and modernizations to loop variable scope and implicit struct casting. You can read about the details ...

D3D12 Work Graphs Preview

June 22, 2023 Jun 22, 2023 06/22/23

Amar Patel, Tex Riddell

Contents Introduction to work graphs Basis Characteristics Analysis Scenarios summary Specification <-- the docs Node types Broadcasting launch Coalescing launch Thread launch Condensed programming guide Drivers and other prerequisites <-- get running here Authoring shaders ...

Agility SDK 1.711.3-preview: Work Graphs, Wave Matrix, AV1 Encoding

June 22, 2023 Jun 22, 2023 06/22/23

David Cook, Tex Riddell, Sil Vilerino

Hi everyone, Today we’re excited to announce the newest Preview Agility SDK v1.711.3 download; This SDK previews three new features for developers to discover.  First is Work Graphs, a new way for the GPU to create work for itself.  Second is Wave Matrix support, which allows developers to take advantage of dedicated silicon to speed...

OpenGL® on DX12 enables STEEL ASSAULT to launch on Xbox

June 16, 2023 Jun 16, 2023 06/16/23

David Cook

When we initially introduced our DirectX mapping layers, our goal was to enable applications written in other graphics APIs, including DX9, DX11 and OpenGL, to run on DirectX12 systems if a native driver is not available. We’ve written about the OpenGL mapping layer previously and how we developed it by contributing OpenGL on DX12 (GLon12) ...

DirectML at Build 2023

May 25, 2023 May 25, 2023 05/25/23

Adele Parsons

DirectML shared some exciting announcements at Build this year! We demonstrated a few awesome demos and highlighted new capabilities during the Windows AI Breakout session, Deliver AI-powered experiences across cloud and edge, with Windows. We are also excited to announce the launch of our new product landing page! This new product page ...

Adobe Premiere Pro leverages DirectML on new AI Silicon

May 24, 2023 May 24, 2023 05/24/23

Jonah Dykhuizen

DirectML is ushering in a new wave of machine learning integration capabilities on emerging AI silicon. At the Windows AI Breakout BUILD session, we showcased how ONNX Runtime, powered by DirectML, enables Adobe’s Premiere Pro to leverage Intel’s next generation platform, Meteor Lake with integrated VPU.    Adobe Premiere Pro ...

Optimize DirectML performance with Olive

May 23, 2023 May 23, 2023 05/23/23

Adele Parsons

Are you ready to revolutionize the way you optimize your AI models? Say hello to Olive (ONNX Live), the advanced model optimization tool that integrates seamlessly with DirectML for hardware acceleration across the breadth of the Windows ecosystem.  With Olive, you can easily incorporate cutting-edge techniques like model compression, ...

DirectML ❤ Stable Diffusion

May 23, 2023 May 23, 2023 05/23/23

Jacques van Rhyn

Text-to-image models are amazing tools that can transform natural language into stunning images. Stable Diffusion is particularly interesting: the base model can create images from text and, since it’s open-source, developers can customize it for their own needs and preferences. With some extra training, developers can fine-tune their model ...