Level 60 on Classic Hardcore
That was a great experience! I missed MMOs but done now

Ever had issues figuring out the memory layout of a constant buffer in HLSL? I wrote an article explaining the packing rules since they are very unusual. It also includes a layout visualizer for your own custom cbuffers to play around with.
maraneshi.github.io/HLSL-ConstantB…

D3D12 CPU Efficiency
microsoft.github.io/DirectX-Specs/…

I have shared it in the past but it is worth re-sharing this great collection of resources on GPU optimisation: gist.github.com/silvesthu/505c…

If you want to learn how to implement a simple shader printf in HLSL 2021 and D3D12, then I've got a new blog post for you: therealmjp.github.io/posts/hlsl-pri…

A classic book on radiosity and image synthesis was just freed up by the authors, making two that have recently become available: realtimerendering.com/blog/two-class…

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 319 - December 24th, 2023 jendrikillner.com/post/graphics-…

“Low-level thinking in high-level shading languages” is in my top 3 most influential presentations, one that changed the way I think about shader programming. 2023 was the 10th anniversary so I tried a quick refresh and discussed developments since. interplayoflight.wordpress.com/2023/12/29/low…

Great explainer of occupancy, also includes some new info I haven't seen elsewhere, eg the 16 waves max occupancy for RDNA2/3 (compared to RDNA's 20) and the inter-wave barrier needed for threadgroup with 2+ waves and how it affects occupancy gpuopen.com/learn/occupanc…

Recently bought a PS4 to play Bloodborne. Finally!

Implementing a GPU Voxel Octree Path Tracer enkisoftware.com/devlogpost-202…

Here is a new blog post of mine about fibers.
Hopefully, it could be helpful to someone who is interested in learning the topic.

agraphicsguynotes.com/posts/fiber_in…

I’ve written a small library that provides an assert-like macro in HLSL shaders that triggers a GPU memory page fault. Together with Radeon GPU Detective, it may be useful for debugging. github.com/sawickiap/Shad…

I never knew how much I needed this!

The @AMDRadeon Developer Tool Suite has a new member: Radeon #GPU Detective (RGD) 🕵️

RGD is a tool for post-mortem analysis of GPU crashes so you can:
🎆 Capture and analyze crash dumps
🎆 Narrow down the root cause of a crash

Take a look now! #D3D12
gpuopen.com/radeon_gpu_det…

The tool that was so much needed finally appeared! Radeon GPU Detective can capture and analyze GPU crashes / TDRs. I am happy and proud to be part of this project.

mantle came up yesterday in a conversation. it seems that amd has taken down the spec from their site, so i've uploaded the pdf to the internet archive to make sure it's preserved.
archive.org/details/amd-ma…