Metal

Graphics and Games

Official docs outline

Essentials
Covers Understanding the Metal 4 core API, Drawing a triangle with Metal 4, Performing calculations on a GPU, Using Metal to draw a view’s contents.
Samples
Covers Metal sample code library.
GPU devices
Covers GPU devices and work submission.
Command encoders
Covers Render passes, Compute passes, Machine learning passes, Blit passes.
Resources
Covers Resource fundamentals, Buffers, Textures, Memory heaps.
Shader compilation and libraries
Covers Writing reusable GPU functions with generic pointers, Using the Metal 4 compilation API, Shader libraries, Using function specialization to build pipeline variants.
Presentation
Covers Managing your game window for Metal in macOS, Managing your Metal app window in iPadOS, Adapting your game interface for smaller screens, Onscreen presentation.
Developer tools
Covers Supporting Simulator in a Metal app, Capturing Metal commands programmatically, Logging shader debug messages, Developing Metal apps that run in Simulator.
Apple silicon
Covers Porting your Metal code to Apple silicon, Tailor your apps for Apple GPUs and tile-based deferred rendering.
Reference
Covers Metal structures, Metal enumerations, Metal constants, Metal data types.
Classes
Covers MTLTensorAuxiliaryPlaneDescriptor, MTLTensorAuxiliaryPlaneDescriptorMap, MTLTensorAuxiliaryPlaneType, MTLTensorBufferAttachments.
Protocols
Covers MTLTensorAuxiliaryPlane.

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