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WebGPU: read-write storage textures

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

WPT details: WebGPU/WGSL have a conformance test suite (https://github.com/gpuweb/cts) that is regularly pulled into Chromium and part of the testing of Dawn/Tint in Chromium. Note that tests are still being written, but the feature will not be launched until it is fully tested.

Summary

Functionality added to the WebGPU/WGSL spec after its first shipment in a browser. Adds support for (read-only and) read-write storage textures which allow more general access to texture memory for GPU computation and can unlock more advanced graphical algorithms. This feature has been request by developers very often.

Standards & signals

Ecosystem

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