On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 1:57 PM Mike Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> LGTM2 % requesting all of the review gates in the chromestatus entry. > Ah yes - please do start those reviews. Likely you can mark them as N/A because this is just shipping an existing API on a new platform. > On 10/27/23 4:25 PM, Chris Harrelson wrote: > > LGTM1 - this is an easy one :) > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 1:21 PM 'Brandon Jones' via blink-dev < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Contact emails [email protected], [email protected] >> >> Explainer https://gpuweb.github.io/gpuweb/explainer/ >> >> Specification https://www.w3.org/TR/webgpu >> >> Design docs >> https://gpuweb.github.io/gpuweb >> https://gpuweb.github.io/gpuweb/wgsl >> https://gpuweb.github.io/gpuweb/explainer >> >> Summary >> This Intent to Ship is specifically for enabling WebGPU by default on >> Android. WebGPU previously launched on Windows, MacOS, and ChromeOS in >> M113. See https://chromestatus.com/feature/6213121689518080 for details. >> >> WebGPU has been available on Android behind a flag since M111, during >> which time we have gathered feedback from developers, partners, and >> Chrome's testing infrastructure to find and address issues on multiple >> mobile GPU architectures. >> >> WebGPU is the successor to the WebGL and WebGL 2 graphics APIs for the >> Web. It provides modern features such as “GPU compute” as well as lower >> overhead access to GPU hardware and better, more predictable performance. >> WebGPU is developed by the “GPU for the Web” W3C community group. >> >> >> Blink component Blink>WebGPU >> <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3EWebGPU> >> >> TAG review https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/626 >> >> TAG review status Issues addressed >> >> Risks >> >> >> Interoperability and Compatibility >> >> With positive signals (and at least WIP implementations) from all >> browsers and few unresolved issues in the spec repo, the compatibility risk >> is low and mostly if other implementers find bugs in the spec as they flesh >> out their WebGPU implementation. >> >> >> *Gecko*: Positive (https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/#webgpu) >> >> *WebKit*: In development ( >> https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/tree/main/Source/WebGPU/WebGPU) >> Standards position issue: >> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/107 >> >> *Web developers*: Strongly positive >> >> Security >> >> See detailed security explainer: >> https://gpuweb.github.io/gpuweb/#malicious-use >> >> >> WebView application risks >> >> Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that >> it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? >> >> None >> >> >> Debuggability >> >> Warnings and errors are exposed via dev tools. Specialized tools can be >> built directly in JavaScript, integrated in applications or as devtools >> extensions. >> >> >> Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, >> Linux, Chrome OS, Android, and Android WebView)? No >> >> Once enabled on Android, the only Blink platform where WebGPU will not be >> enabled by default yet is Linux. >> >> >> Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests >> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md> >> ? Yes >> >> The WebGPU Conformance Test Suite is being built at >> https://github.com/gpuweb/cts and can be integrated as a subdirectory of >> WPT. It is already integreated into the Chromium CI infrastructure. >> >> DevTrial instructions >> https://github.com/gpuweb/gpuweb/wiki/Implementation-Status#chromium-chrome-edge-etc >> >> Flag name on chrome://flags --enable-unsafe-webgpu >> >> Finch feature name WebGPUService >> >> Requires code in //chrome? False >> >> Availability expectation Feature will initially be enabled for Adreno >> and Mali GPUs (the majority of the mobile market) on Android 12+, with >> other hardware and OS versions added in the future as additional testing >> and bug fixes allow. More broadly while there is no timeline commitment >> from Firefox or Safari both browsers are known to be actively implementing >> WebGPU and are anticipated to ship once their implementations are >> sufficiently conformant. >> >> Sample links >> https://github.com/austinEng/webgpu-samples >> >> Estimated milestones >> Shipped on desktop 113 >> OriginTrial desktop last 114 >> OriginTrial desktop first 94 >> Shipping on Android 121 >> DevTrial on Android 111 >> >> Anticipated spec changes Discussion on the core WebGPU and WGSL >> specification has been minimal since the API was shipped on desktop, with >> most ongoing discussion centered around additional features that can be >> layered onto the API. While we are still open to minor spec bug fixes at >> this point the overwhelming majority of the spec should see no behavioral >> changes. >> >> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status >> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5119617865613312 >> >> Links to previous Intent discussions Intent to prototype: >> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/dxqWTSvyhDg/m/1UDaFD17AQAJ >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "blink-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAEGwwi0ReGtfej_JbQPVHEbutrB%3DpDsEOdg9kfHTHYpyojkA-A%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAEGwwi0ReGtfej_JbQPVHEbutrB%3DpDsEOdg9kfHTHYpyojkA-A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAOMQ%2Bw_GhVyOHxxj0y6%3DcLKCpGA5djpiowWQyBE12mNsXpWnHw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAOMQ%2Bw_GhVyOHxxj0y6%3DcLKCpGA5djpiowWQyBE12mNsXpWnHw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/25bb3d84-fc08-4526-b686-ee9b2e9e8b77%40chromium.org > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/25bb3d84-fc08-4526-b686-ee9b2e9e8b77%40chromium.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. 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