DirectX Developer Blog

In the works: HLSL Shader Model 6.6

November 23, 2020 Nov 23, 2020 11/23/20

Greg Roth

  Microsoft and its partners are happy to announce the development of Shader Model 6.6, the latest advancement in HLSL capability. Shader Model 6.6 will grant shader developers increased flexibility to enhance and expand existing rendering approaches and devise all new ones. New features include expanded atomic operations, ...

Announcing the OpenCL™ and OpenGL® Compatibility Pack for Windows 10 on ARM

November 17, 2020 Nov 17, 2020 11/17/20

Angela Jiang

The OpenCL and OpenGL to DirectX 12 mapping layers are now available in the Microsoft Store as the OpenCL™ and OpenGL® Compatibility Pack. We’re excited to talk more about the project and share one specific use case: Photoshop on Windows 10 on ARM.