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Metal

Apple's low-level, hardware-accelerated 3D graphic and compute shader API. Created by Apple

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Metal provides near-direct access to the graphics processing unit (GPU), enabling you to maximize the graphics and compute potential of your apps on iOS, macOS, and tvOS. Building on an approachable, low-overhead architecture with precompiled GPU shaders, fine-grained resource control, and multithreading support, Metal further evolves support for GPU-driven command creation, simplifies working with the array of Metal-capable GPUs, and lets you tap into Pro power of Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR.

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One time purchase (perpetual license)

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Metal was added by Ugotsta in Feb 2020 and the latest update was made in Feb 2020. The list of alternatives was updated Feb 2020. It's possible to update the information on Metal or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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