Just four and a half months after releasing the OpenGL 4 specification, the Khronos Group has released the final version of the OpenGL 4.1 specification. OpenGL 4.0 brought feature parity with ...

Graphical Processing Units (GPUs) are particularly problematiccomponents in embedded systems, especially when used for safetycritical systems where design verification and certification isrequired.

OpenGL is one of those things that has made the iPhone one of the strongest competitors for the mobile gaming market. The platform offers developers a robust way to program 3D applications, especially ...

Most of the focus at Nvidia's Games Developers Conference (GDC) event has been focused on DirectX, but a rare three-way presentation between Nvidia, Intel, and AMD has emphasized that Microsoft's API ...

The Khronos Group has taken the to the stage at this year's SIGGRAPH conference to announce the launch of the OpenGL 4.1 specification, which the group hopes can give DirectX 11 a run for its money.

Valve has released its 'ToGL' Direct3D to OpenGL translation layer software. Previously used in its DOTA2 game, it is thought that Valve's move will make it easy for other developers to port games ...

id Software co-founder John Carmack built his popular game engines around the cross-platform OpenGL API. It therefore may be a surprise to learn that he considers Microsoft's DirectX to be a superior ...

How about that for a headline? News from SGI late last week that SGI is making changes to the terms under which it is releasing some of its graphics IP: As software developers the world over prepare ...

The nonprofit Khronos Group standards organization announced a new specification this week for OpenGL 4.2, which brings new graphics functionality to the what's considered to be the most widely ...

OpenGL, formally known as the Open Graphics Library, allows applications like Minecraft to take full advantage of the GPU (Graphics processing unit) on a machine. Minecraft is just one of the ...

Most of the focus at Nvidia's Games Developers Conference (GDC) event has been focused on DirectX, but a rare three-way presentation between Nvidia, Intel, and AMD has emphasized that Microsoft's API ...