Congrats for getting us to this stage: I'm very excited to see this ship on Windows as well!
On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 at 03:15, 'Jim Blandy' via [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Of course there was something I forgot to update: > > *Web Platform Tests (WPT):* WebGPU has an extensive Conformance Test Suite > <https://github.com/gpuweb/cts>, which is run in Firefox CI. Treeherder > displays it under the "webgpu" chip. > On Monday, June 16, 2025 at 6:11:18 PM UTC-7 Jim Blandy wrote: > >> On behalf of Mozilla's WebGPU team, I intend to let WebGPU ride the >> trains to release in Firefox 141 on Windows. Other platforms will follow as >> soon as practical. >> >> *Tracking bug:* webgpu-mvp >> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=webgpu-mvp>. >> >> *Availability:* WebGPU has been enabled in Firefox Nightly on all >> platforms since April 2023, and was enabled on Windows in Firefox 140 Early >> Beta without incident. >> >> *Specifications:* >> >> - Content API: https://www.w3.org/TR/webgpu/ >> - WebGPU Shading Language (WGSL): https://www.w3.org/TR/WGSL/ >> >> *Working group:* WebGPU is being standardized by the “GPU for the Web >> Working Group”, under the auspices of the W3C: >> >> - GPU for the Web Working Group: https://www.w3.org/2020/gpu/ >> - GPU for the Web Community Group: https://www.w3.org/community/gpu/ >> >> *Platform coverage:* Firefox should eventually support WebGPU on >> Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. Apple is working on an implementation >> in WebKit for iOS, which we expect to inherit (when it ships in Safari) in >> Firefox for iOS. >> >> Although the committee has taken care to ensure that WebGPU can be >> implemented for a wide majority of systems, there are some GPUs and drivers >> that are not capable enough to run WebGPU. Like WebGL, when a browser >> cannot find any suitable GPUs, a WebGPU implementation may decline to offer >> any “adapters” for content to use. GPU-less software implementations might >> be added in the future. >> >> *Standards Compliance:* Firefox's compliance with the WebGPU >> specification has improved to the point that most apps and samples work >> without modification, and we believe it will work well for most content. We >> are actively addressing the remaining compatibility issues as identified by >> the Web Platform Tests (see below) and various applications of interest. >> >> *Developer tools:* At the moment, there is no Devtools support for >> WebGPU, nor are there any concrete plans for such. >> >> *Other browsers:* >> >> - Chromium/Chrome/Edge: shipped in 2023H1 >> - Safari: expected to ship in Safari 19 >> >> *Web Platform Tests (WPT):* The community group is developing a Conformance >> Test Suite <https://github.com/gpuweb/cts>, which the group expects to >> migrate into WPT eventually. Integrating this CTS into Firefox’s CI will be >> our first priority once WebGPU has been enabled by default in Nightly >> builds. >> >> *W3C TAG review:* https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/626 >> >> *Demos:* >> >> - https://webgpu.github.io/webgpu-samples/ >> - https://threejs.org/examples/?q=webgpu >> >> *Reporting bugs:* Please file bugs against the “Graphics: WebGPU” >> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Core&component=Graphics%3A+WebGPU> >> component of the “Core” product. >> >> This feature was previously discussed in this "Intent to prototype" >> thread >> <https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-platform/c/eKyeqjCa_co>, >> but some of the information above is updated. >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups " > [email protected]" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/d/msgid/dev-platform/7ecdace0-aff8-40f4-ab9f-65021d1ce3e2n%40mozilla.org > <https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/d/msgid/dev-platform/7ecdace0-aff8-40f4-ab9f-65021d1ce3e2n%40mozilla.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/d/msgid/dev-platform/CAP4jELUaqyj-YtO8%2BMrnokb6Ar%3D9wtctVVDFDfwkFaLgjTFh9A%40mail.gmail.com.
