Beyond MoltenVK: How LunarG's KosmicKrisp is Revolutionizing Vulkan Performance on macOS

 

LunarG's KosmicKrisp is rewriting the rules for Vulkan on macOS. This deep dive explores its Vulkan 1.3 compliance, strategic role in accelerating the Google Android Emulator, and its fierce race to achieve feature parity with MoltenVK in Mesa 26.1. Discover the future of high-performance graphics on Apple Silicon.

AMD Radeon RDNA4 GPU Performance Surges with New Mesa 26.1 OpenGL Driver Optimizations

 

AMD Radeon RDNA4 GPUs receive substantial OpenGL performance optimizations in Mesa 26.1 with enhanced buffer operations, image clears, and MSAA resolves. Expert Gallium3D improvements by AMD's Marek Olšák target GFX12 architecture for gaming, professional visualization, and compute workloads on Linux systems.