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November 21, 2024

Khronos Hosts Open Source Slang Shading Language and Compiler

The Khronos Group has announced the launch of the new Slang™ Initiative. This initiative will oversee and advance the open-source Slang shading language and compiler, building on 15 years of research, development, and deployment experience. Supported by NVIDIA since 2017, Slang has been widely adopted in production projects across the industry.

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Presentations

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December 04, 2024

Slang and the 3D Shading Language Landscape

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August 31, 2024
SIGGRAPH 2024 - Khronos BOF

Using Slang with Vulkan

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February 05, 2024
VULKANISED 2024

Towards a Next-Generation shading Language: Our Journey with Slang

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February 05, 2024
NVIDIA

Slang Shading Language Advances

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Blog Posts

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Welcome Our Newest Slang Committers!

April 24, 2025
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Neural Graphics in an Afternoon

April 04, 2025
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Now Available: Matrix-vector operations using tensor cores

January 30, 2025
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Slang Development Update - January 2025

January 10, 2025
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Documentation Update: Reflection API

December 18, 2024
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Slang Support Now Available on Godbolt Compiler Explorer

December 17, 2024
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Events

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