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Cover
Copyright
Contents
Figures
Tables
Listings
About This Book
- About the Sample Code
- Errata
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Overview of Vulkan
- Introduction
- Instances, Devices, and Queues
- Object Types and Function Conventions
- Managing Memory
- Multithreading in Vulkan
- Mathematical Concepts
  - Vectors and Matrices
  - Coordinate Systems
- Enhancing Vulkan
  - Layers
  - Extensions
- Shutting Down Cleanly
- Summary
2. Memory and Resources
- Host Memory Management
- Resources
- Device Memory Management
- Summary
3. Queues and Commands
- Device Queues
- Creating Command Buffers
- Recording Commands
- Recycling Command Buffers
- Submission of Commands
- Summary
4. Moving Data
- Managing Resource State
- Clearing and Filling Buffers
- Clearing and Filling Images
- Copying Image Data
- Copying Compressed Image Data
- Stretching Images
- Summary
5. Presentation
- Presentation Extension
- Presentation Surfaces
- Swap Chains
- Full-Screen Surfaces
- Performing Presentation
- Cleaning Up
- Summary
6. Shaders and Pipelines
- An Overview of GLSL
- An Overview of SPIR-V
  - Representation of SPIR-V
  - Handing SPIR-V to Vulkan
- Pipelines
- Executing Work
- Resource Access in Shaders
- Summary
7. Graphics Pipelines
- The Logical Graphics Pipeline
- Renderpasses
- The Framebuffer
- Creating a Simple Graphics Pipeline
- Dynamic State
- Summary
8. Drawing
- Getting Ready to Draw
- Vertex Data
- Indexed Draws
  - Index-Only Rendering
  - Reset Indices
- Instancing
- Indirect Draws
- Summary
9. Geometry Processing
- Tessellation
- Geometry Shaders
  - Cutting Primitives
  - Geometry Shader Instancing
- Programmable Point Size
- Line Width and Rasterization
- User Clipping and Culling
- The Viewport Transformation
- Summary
10. Fragment Processing
- Scissor Testing
- Depth and Stencil Operations
- Multisample Rendering
  - Sample Rate Shading
  - Multisample Resolves
- Logic Operations
- Fragment Shader Outputs
- Color Blending
- Summary
11. Synchronization
- Fences
- Events
- Semaphores
- Summary
12. Getting Data Back
- Queries
  - Executing Queries
    - Occlusion Queries
    - Pipeline Statistics Queries
  - Timing Queries
- Reading Data with the Host
- Summary
13. Multipass Rendering
- Input Attachments
- Attachment Contents
- Secondary Command Buffers
- Summary
Appendix. Vulkan Functions
Glossary
Index
Code Snippets

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