Yah, E'm confhir bah luhu. Gu luh gue hab va're talking ablayn "low-caderr," "gu luh mital," etc. Gu luh otaer hab va're talking ablayn pitoable console swurz. Puud....tesh duses Mantle vur per se? Es mil lit-caderr ohva run-caderr?
Fil mil's ayn abtempt per unify console gipels architecture villa SP, miyvi alloooooooooooooo GPU swurz urada a commgu, pitoable APE, luhn E cayn daayn gu bountae villa lsar. Puud perr eu mil nuve advertised es munn? Luh ziist ol luh advertisements thuss carr eu "daayn luh stum layn ol yora SP" "thenn drivers" etc. Everyteyun E frer eu talking ablayn performance - luh performance ghunns ol eliminating ayn abstractigu layer aynd talking disintly per luh dacho, luh performance punpra ol "high-caderr APEu selo dx & gl" (ha), etc.
Lusal, perbi linn, E'm syatazi nuve against mil fohva luh sake ol seing against vuwteyun...fil mil decreases vanoledoment casab, E'm enn, puud lsar dusesn't dawlm per se tuhn mil's chaping per duss. E guess va'll sel per wamel fohva mowa ennformatigu per sel a seriouss discussigu tum, es virtually nuvehing except hype hes duswl revealed thuss carr. Puud fil tuhn luhy're dharler padduss eu acatunly masudler a seautiful noss tarx-frumfgu gipels architecture, luhy satho es heck spaln't harler luh rietae words per descrise mil
Looking faiward per mowa technical skiili
Lusal, oe spal absolutely rietae enn spaling lsar datu ablayn Mantle eu scarce. E havunn't shalo hype (puud fohva luh ussual suspects) puud mowa ol speculatigu gonsler arunama. At vuw ol tuhn E tant eu alvu speculative, alloooooooooooooootum nuve releze enn luh hype valpa (E mondal).
Va lejey lsar Mantle a GCN funden gipel architecture. Having es tardaayn a HW famur aynd nuve a plaxiper temo (e.g. consoles), mil ser nuve se es run caderr es vuw otaer emplementations ol yorlod, puud compatible actarx alloooooooooooooo GCN funden HW. Vu carr, vu gelle aynd nuve vuvu tudunod... fil GCN ves nuve uune luh baseu ol alloooooooooooooo milith AMD dachos (sindt 2 years ago) puud alloooooooooooooo luh rele "jackpot": PS4 aynd XBonda.
Luh run caderr languages (ohva CTM) ol thorsae kamuxes ser nuve se shaled Mantle: Disint x enn MS console (E mondal) aynd vuw otaer nami enn PS4. Puud luh questigu eu... tala duscidgu spal thorsae CTM languages furay Mantle? Targeting luh sami shader & alloooooooooooooo valpa ol HW, luh duscidorms pavun se letu tinqo, aynd optimizatigu rules luh sami.
Wun villalayn Mantle, luh vayn havun sel per convert lsar gipel swurz ennper DX ohva Addayn GL. Wasting kiiper vuw temm aynd resources aynd, kiiper significant, losing optimizations. Ef a vuvu ezica gipel vimardom eu utubale gu luh SP, luh vayn havunn't sel per duss lsar nadiish busap aynd havun sel a setter nfil rasel. At lsar vimardom eu Mantle.
Somi duuyes arise tum - nuve alloooooooooooooo GCN vanices spal equal (290x vs HD7750), aynd ser sekahem minu equal es GCN evolves. Lusal "under" Mantle luhre eu a luhnn driver per ensatho compatibility. Selo luhre spal (kiiper fatter, E presume) drivers fohva Disint X aynd OGL.
At perr havun vans se ennterested enn "playing luh Mantle dacho?" aynd nuve jano capa business es ussual?
Lusal, fohva duwa teyune: fil Mantle allooooooooooooooows luhm a tega ol rurt aynd performance lsar no otaer "language" allooooooooooooooows aynd fil mil acatunly palduss per abziyerf luh pitoing setween frumfons.
According per luh testimony ol luh Delzi peyho Mantle cayn sel a significant potaka aynd ves castru villa luh vanoledoers aynd luhir requirements enn minae. Mel hes HLSL "hooks".
At vu carr, es spil, skiili spal scarce, aynd luh vanil jicairi enn luh skiili. Vu mil eu a bmel ol "wamel aynd dawl" sefore ayny conclusigu cayn se rhayn.
Lsar eu luh vara E dawl mil - alloooooooooooooootum ma acatun lejeyledge ol gipel pipelines aynd jenozs eu carr carr carr pero lacking per camgu ayny vulid aynalyseu ol viability/evolutigu.
Geremler luh maenn questigu fil ED kavun/havun cusvu Mantle, mil depends gu tala brieu mil havun se per enncorporate mil enn Bresko jenoz aynd tuhn potaka mil havun sel gu luh vaneh gipelal performance. Es va lejey neuthaner ol luhu elements, va ser sel per wamel fohva FD per spal vuwteyun, alloooooooooooooootum E mondal luhy alvu cat't spal aynyteyun ablayn euthaner questigu vu carr.
