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compute pipeline
A GPU setup for running general math work rather than drawing graphics.
GPUs can do more than render images; a compute pipeline configures the GPU to run a compute shader for arbitrary parallel calculation. It supports features like shared memory between threads and barriers to coordinate them, enabling things like physics or numerical work. It sits alongside the graphics pipeline but skips the fixed drawing stages.
See also
- compute shaderA GPU program that does general-purpose parallel math instead of producing pixels.
- command bufferA recorded list of GPU commands that you build up and then submit for the graphics card to execute.