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Why Are GPUs Fast or Slow - A Trip Through the Driver Stack

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This talk introduces GPU hardware and traces the graphics driver stack up to APIs such as EGL, OpenGL, and Vulkan. It explains how understanding the stack can help developers avoid performance pitfalls and use GPU acceleration effectively.

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Intro
Magic?
Deep down (the memory lane)
Throughput over latency
GPU hardware
GPU drivers
Display composition
Display pipelining
Display latency reduction (failed)
Bonus: fences

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