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Shaders

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https://puhack.horse/shader-slideshow

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What is a GPU?

  • Graphics Processing Unit
  • Like a processor with a lot of cores (>1000)
  • Less general purpose
  • May be integrated into CPU

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What is a Shader?

  • A program that runs on the GPU
  • A few types:
    • Vertex
    • Fragment
    • Compute

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Fragment Shaders

  • Runs on every pixel at once
  • Calculates output color for the pixel

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Resources

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