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</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Organization</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_Wide_Web_Consortium" title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Committee</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>GPU for the Web <abbr title="Working Group">WG</abbr></li> <li>GPU for the Web <abbr title="Community Group">CG</abbr></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editors</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Justin Fan</li> <li>Brandon Jones</li> <li>Dzmitry Malyshau</li> <li>Myles C. Maxfield</li> <li>Kai Ninomiya</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Related standards</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Web_colors#CSS_Color_4" title="Web colors">CSS Color Module Level 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Document_Object_Model" title="Document Object Model">HTML DOM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ECMAScript" title="ECMAScript">ECMAScript</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Domain</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General-purpose_computing_on_graphics_processing_units" title="General-purpose computing on graphics processing units">GPU computing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ECMAScript" title="ECMAScript">ECMAScript</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Application_Programming_Interface" class="mw-redirect" title="Application Programming Interface">API</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.w3.org/TR/webgpu/">www<wbr />.w3<wbr />.org<wbr />/TR<wbr />/webgpu<wbr />/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>WebGPU</b> is a <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rust_(programming_language)" title="Rust (programming language)">Rust</a>, and <a href="/wiki/C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C</a> <a href="/wiki/API" title="API">API</a> that allows portably and efficiently utilizing a device's <a href="/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit" title="Graphics processing unit">graphics processing unit</a> (GPU). This is achieved with the underlying <a href="/wiki/Vulkan" title="Vulkan">Vulkan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metal_(API)" title="Metal (API)">Metal</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Direct3D_12" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct3D 12">Direct3D 12</a> system APIs. In JavaScript WebGPU can be provided by a <a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browser</a> or other JavaScript environment such as <a href="/wiki/Node.js" title="Node.js">node.js</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deno_(software)" title="Deno (software)">Deno</a>. In C++ it can be provided by a C++ implementation of the WebGPU spec, for example, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dawn.googlesource.com/dawn/">Dawn </a>. In Rust it can be provided by a Rust implementation of the WebGPU spec, for example, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wgpu.rs/">wgpu</a>. Other languages like <a href="/wiki/Python_(programming_language)" title="Python (programming language)">Python</a>, <a href="/wiki/Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a>, <a href="/wiki/Go_(programming_language)" title="Go (programming language)">Go</a> can use an implementation that implements the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://webgpu-native.github.io/webgpu-headers/">webgpu.h</a> C spec. In the browser, WebGPU is intended to supersede the older <a href="/wiki/WebGL" title="WebGL">WebGL</a> standard.<sup id="cite_ref-chrome113_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chrome113-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Outside of the browser it provides an easy to use cross platform API for accessing the GPU, currently working on Vulkan (Linux and Android), DirectX (Windows), and Metal (iPhone, iPad, Mac, AppleTV, Apple Watch). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Google Chrome</a> enabled initial WebGPU support in April 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-chrome113_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chrome113-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-officialStatus_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialStatus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari</a> and <a href="/wiki/Firefox" title="Firefox">Firefox</a> have not yet enabled theirs.<sup id="cite_ref-officialStatus_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialStatus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/W3C" class="mw-redirect" title="W3C">W3C</a> standard is thus in the working draft phase. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technology">Technology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WebGPU&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WebGPU enables 3D graphics within an <a href="/wiki/HTML" title="HTML">HTML</a> <a href="/wiki/Canvas_element" title="Canvas element">canvas</a>. It also has robust support for <a href="/wiki/General-purpose_computing_on_graphics_processing_units" title="General-purpose computing on graphics processing units">general-purpose GPU</a> computations.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>WebGPU uses its own <a href="/wiki/Shading_language" title="Shading language">shading language</a> called <a href="/wiki/Shading_language#WebGPU_Shading_Language" title="Shading language">WGSL</a> that was designed to be trivially translatable to <a href="/wiki/SPIR-V" class="mw-redirect" title="SPIR-V">SPIR-V</a>, until complaints caused redirection into a more traditional design, similar to other shading languages. The syntax is similar to <a href="/wiki/Rust_(programming_language)" title="Rust (programming language)">Rust</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tint is a <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a>-made <a href="/wiki/Compiler" title="Compiler">compiler</a> for WGSL.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Naga is a similar project developed for the needs of wgpu-rs.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Implementations">Implementations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WebGPU&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Implementations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both <a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Google Chrome</a> and <a href="/wiki/Firefox" title="Firefox">Firefox</a> support WebGPU with SPIR-V, with work ongoing for the WGSL front-end. Firefox and <a href="/wiki/Deno_(software)" title="Deno (software)">Deno</a> use the Rust wgpu library.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari</a> follows upstream specifications of both WebGPU and WGSL.<sup id="cite_ref-officialStatus_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialStatus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chrome version 113 enabled initial WebGPU support on <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> devices with <a href="/wiki/Direct3D" title="Direct3D">Direct3D 12</a>, <a href="/wiki/ChromeOS" title="ChromeOS">ChromeOS</a> devices with <a href="/wiki/Vulkan" title="Vulkan">Vulkan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> with <a href="/wiki/Metal_(API)" title="Metal (API)">Metal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chrome113_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chrome113-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This support for <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> was enabled in version 121.<sup id="cite_ref-officialStatus_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialStatus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WebGPU&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 8, 2016, Google showed "Explicit web graphics API" presentation to the <a href="/wiki/WebGL" title="WebGL">WebGL</a> working group (during the bi-annual face to face meeting).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The presentation explored the basic ideas and principles of building a new API to eventually replace WebGL, aka "WebGL Next". </p><p>On January 24, 2017, <a href="/wiki/Khronos_Group" title="Khronos Group">Khronos</a> hosted an IP-free meeting dedicated to discussion of "WebGL Next" ideas, collided with WebGL working group meeting in Vancouver.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Google team presented the NXT prototype implementing a new API that could run in <a href="/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)" title="Chromium (web browser)">Chromium</a> with OpenGL, or standalone with OpenGL and Metal. NXT borrowed concepts from all of Vulkan, Direct3D 12, and Metal native APIs. Apple and Mozilla representatives also showed their prototypes built on <a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari</a> and <a href="/wiki/Servo_(software)" title="Servo (software)">Servo</a> correspondingly, both of which closely replicated the Metal API. </p><p>On February 7, 2017, Apple's <a href="/wiki/WebKit" title="WebKit">WebKit</a> team proposed the creation of the W3C community group to design the API. At the same time they announced a technical <a href="/wiki/Proof_of_concept" title="Proof of concept">proof of concept</a> and proposal under the name "WebGPU", based on concepts in Apple's <a href="/wiki/Metal_(API)" title="Metal (API)">Metal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The WebGPU name was later adopted by the community group as a working name for the future standard rather than just Apple's initial proposal.<sup id="cite_ref-blink-i2i_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blink-i2i-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The initial proposal has been renamed to "WebMetal" to avoid further confusion.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The W3C "GPU for the Web" Community Group was launched on February 16, 2017. 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title="Ungoogled-chromium">ungoogled</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gecko_(software)" title="Gecko (software)">Gecko</a>-based</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Firefox" title="Firefox">Firefox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floorp" title="Floorp">Floorp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GNU_IceCat" title="GNU IceCat">GNU IceCat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LibreWolf" title="LibreWolf">LibreWolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midori_(web_browser)" title="Midori (web browser)">Midori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SlimBrowser" title="SlimBrowser">SlimBrowser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tor_Browser" class="mw-redirect" title="Tor Browser">Tor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zen_Browser" title="Zen Browser">Zen</a></li> <li>Gecko <a href="/wiki/Fork_(software_development)" title="Fork 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Multi-<a href="/wiki/Browser_engine" title="Browser engine">engine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/360_Secure_Browser" title="360 Secure Browser">360</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DuckDuckGo_Private_Browser" title="DuckDuckGo Private Browser">DuckDuckGo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konqueror" title="Konqueror">Konqueror</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunascape" title="Lunascape">Lunascape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NetFront" title="NetFront">NetFront</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qutebrowser" title="Qutebrowser">qutebrowser</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eww_(web_browser)" title="Eww (web browser)">eww</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Blink_(browser_engine)" title="Blink (browser engine)">Blink</a>-based</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaker_(web_browser)" title="Beaker (web browser)">Beaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citrio" title="Citrio">Citrio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flock_(web_browser)" title="Flock (web browser)">Flock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redcore" title="Redcore">Redcore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockmelt" title="Rockmelt">Rockmelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SalamWeb" title="SalamWeb">SalamWeb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sputnik_(search_engine)#Browser" title="Sputnik (search engine)">Sputnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torch_(web_browser)" title="Torch (web browser)">Torch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gecko_(software)" title="Gecko (software)">Gecko</a>-based</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beonex_Communicator" title="Beonex Communicator">Beonex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camino_(web_browser)" title="Camino (web browser)">Camino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classilla" title="Classilla">Classilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conkeror" title="Conkeror">Conkeror</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_Lite" title="Firefox Lite">Firefox Lite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galeon" title="Galeon">Galeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghostzilla" title="Ghostzilla">Ghostzilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comodo_IceDragon" title="Comodo IceDragon">IceDragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazehakase" title="Kazehakase">Kazehakase</a></li> <li><a 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title="HotJava">HotJava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBM_Home_Page_Reader" title="IBM Home Page Reader">IBM Home Page Reader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBM_WebExplorer" title="IBM WebExplorer">IBM WebExplorer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBrowse" title="IBrowse">IBrowse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_for_Mac" title="Internet Explorer for Mac">Internet Explorer for Mac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KidZui" title="KidZui">KidZui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_Mode_Browser" title="Line Mode Browser">Line Mode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosaic_(web_browser)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosaic (web browser)">Mosaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSN_TV" title="MSN TV">MSN TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NetPositive" class="mw-redirect" title="NetPositive">NetPositive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netscape_(web_browser)" title="Netscape (web browser)">Netscape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skweezer" title="Skweezer">Skweezer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skyfire_(company)" title="Skyfire 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