Optimize your engine using compute @ 4C Prague 2018

• overview of the compute shader execution and pipeline model
• explains how instructions are executed, what the difference between uniform and non-uniform work is and how it relates to SGPRs and VGPRs
• using the example of texture downsampling to present the performance profile of a pixel shader solution and why a compute shader solution can achieve better performance

Intro to gpu scalarization – part 1

• overview of the GPU execution model, the difference between scalar and vector registers and instructions
• explains the concept of scalarization and how wave level instructions enable this process

Intro to gpu scalarization – part 2

• walkthrough of two different strategies to scalarize the forward+ shading loop
• provides code, step by step analysis and links to more in-depth presentations

SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 – Technical Papers Trailer

• overview of some of the technical papers that will be presented during SIGGRAPH Asia 2018, 4-7 December 2018 in Tokyo

niagara: GPU object culling

• adding support for multiple meshes and GPU frustum culling and submission
• one Dispatch to execute culling and one ExecuteIndirect is used to draw the rest of the scene

niagara: Faster culling and LOD

• improving culling performance through the removal of dummy draw calls
• implementation of LOD selection per mesh
• support querying of pipeline statistics to gather information about the number of triangles drawn

VK_NVX_raytracing - Triangle

• A walkthrough that explains all the concepts and shaders necessary to ray trace a single colored triangle using the Vulkan raytracing extension

Accelerated Ray Tracing in One Weekend in CUDA

• explains how to convert the code from the Ray Tracing in One Weekend book to use CUDA
• the source code is available here, one branch for each chapter

2D Signed Distance Field Basics

• unity tutorial that explains how to create a signed distance field for a 2D circle and rectangle
• how to apply transformations (translation, rotation, scale) and how to visualize the distance field to aid debugging

Picking and Hit-Testing in Metal

• explains how to implement 3D picking in a Metal application
• overview of coordinate spaces and how to convert between them
• hit-testing performed using a ray vs. bounding sphere test

Few words about HLSLexplorer

• a tool, now open source, that allows the compilation of HLSL and shows the disassembly in DXBC and AMD GCN
• includes a small utility to visualize the effect of a fullscreen pixel shader effect

Image Editor Effects

• list of image effects found in tools such as Photoshop with a small explanation and GLSL code snippets