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‘VULKAN’ Could Possibly Be The Official Name Of The OpenGL Successor

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It seems a recent trademark request from 'The Khronos Group Inc.' includes a new API named ‘VULKAN’.

You can see the full listing here, and it is described as this:
QuoteComputer software, namely application programming interfaces for the purpose of creating, rendering, and displaying 2D and 3D computer graphics; computer software, namely application programming interfaces for the purpose of accessing parallel computing resources; downloadable specifications for the aforementioned goods


Not the best timing considering our beloved actor Leonard Nimoy recently passed away, who was known for being a 'Vulcan' named Spock (amongst many other things). It would have been nice if it was a tribute, but it was filed before the reports of his passing.

A name doesn't mean all that much, so we will hopefully see some demonstrations of it next week at GDC. If this is the new official name, I approve. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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toni Feb 28, 2015
Wow, nimoy's death make them give the api that strange name in his honor?
sub Feb 28, 2015
Meh...
Liam Dawe Feb 28, 2015
Quoting: toniWow, nimoy's death make them give the api that strange name in his honor?
I directly address this in the article if you read it:
Quoting: meIt would have been nice if it was a tribute, but it was filed before the reports of his passing.
DrJackson Feb 28, 2015
In my opinion, the "Vulkan" name insinuates that this API has a link with "Mantle". It's related to lava, volcanoes...
FutureSuture Feb 28, 2015
"Vulkan" means "Volcano" in German. Will this OpenGL successor erupt upon the masses in a fiery storm of success, pushing gaming on Linux to new heights?
sub Feb 28, 2015
Quoting: FutureSuture"Vulkan" means "Volcano" in German. Will this OpenGL successor erupt upon the masses in a fiery storm of success, pushing gaming on Linux to new heights?

Waiting for the tech-savvy crowd telling you this will only be true if it buries AMD deep under the ashes.
Smaloki Feb 28, 2015
Quoting: subWaiting for the tech-savvy crowd telling you this will only be true if it buries AMD deep under the ashes.

Considering how AMDs Mantle API is exclusive to their own GPUs... I don't think that glNext/Vulkan needs to compete with them directly.
It's really more of a competition against DirectX 12.
Maelrane Feb 28, 2015
Quoting: sub
Quoting: FutureSuture"Vulkan" means "Volcano" in German. Will this OpenGL successor erupt upon the masses in a fiery storm of success, pushing gaming on Linux to new heights?

Waiting for the tech-savvy crowd telling you this will only be true if it buries AMD deep under the ashes.

You meant "tech-savvy" aka "fanbois". AMD did much and more to the gaming community. ;)

But ya, it would be great if we only had nvidia and intel... oh wait, we're gamers, so only nvidia, right?
A monopoly, what could possibly go wrong?

Just in case you don't know, one can play with AMD (and their _open source_ drivers) such fine. In fact that's what I'm doing since years and since a year exclusively on Linux :p
Maelrane Feb 28, 2015
Quoting: Smaloki
Quoting: subWaiting for the tech-savvy crowd telling you this will only be true if it buries AMD deep under the ashes.

Considering how AMDs Mantle API is exclusive to their own GPUs... I don't think that glNext/Vulkan needs to compete with them directly.
It's really more of a competition against DirectX 12.

In fact mantle was not designed to be exclusively for AMD (in contrary to physx and other stuff that is either not available on other hardware or gimped). It's just that nvidia stated they don't see a benefit for them supporting it and hence ditched it.
Segata Sanshiro Feb 28, 2015
Quoting: DrJacksonIn my opinion, the "Vulkan" name insinuates that this API has a link with "Mantle". It's related to lava, volcanoes...

That's a good point! Maybe they did use the Mantle source code in the end then.
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