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		Narishma on March 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WebGPU – All of the cores, none of the canvas Doesn't WebGPU require a DX12-level GPU? If so, that would make your browser incompatible with a ton of systems out there.

modeless on March 8, 2022 [–]

Writing a new browser would take many years and those systems would be obsolete :) But there's also an intention to produce a more compatible restricted subset of WebGPU at some point.

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