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WebGPU: read-write storage textures

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

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

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