Metal (API)

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Metal in a new low-level, low-overhead hardware-accelerated graphics API that will debut in iOS 8. It is intended to bring to iOS some of the performance benefits of similar APIs on other platforms, such as AMD's Mantle and Microsoft's DirectX 12. At launch, Metal will only be available for devices using the Apple A7 chip.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ http://www.anandtech.com/show/8116/some-thoughts-on-apples-metal-api
  2. ^ http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/07/03/metal-a-new-graphics-api-for-ios-8/
  3. ^ http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/183567-apple-unveils-metal-api-for-ios-8-will-shave-off-opengl-overhead-just-like-mantle-dx12

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