WebGPU: ServiceWorker and SharedWorker support

Category: Graphics
Type: Chromium catches up
Status: Enabled by default (Chrome 124)
Intent stage: None

Summary

Functionality added to the WebGPU spec after its first shipment in a browser. ServiceWorker and SharedWorker support is added to WebGPU, aligning with existing WebGL capabilities.

Motivation

WebGPU being exposed to ServiceWorker and SharedWorker would open up opportunities such as building AI browser extensions with WebGPU.

Standards & signals

Specification: https://gpuweb.github.io/gpuweb/#navigator-gpu
Firefox: Positive
Safari: Closed Without a Position
Web developers: Positive
Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1521763

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