AMD Discontinues AMDVLK Open-Source Vulkan Driver, Consolidates Support Behind RADV Driver
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Summary
AMD is discontinuing its AMDVLK open-source Vulkan driver project to consolidate development efforts and focus resources on the RADV driver as the officially supported open-source Vulkan driver for Radeon graphics adapters. This strategic move aims to streamline development and strengthen AMD's commitment to the open-source community by supporting a single, high-performance codebase.
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throwing our full support behind the RADV driver as the officially supported open-source Vulkan driver for Radeon™ graphics adapters
This consolidation allows us to focus our resources on a single, high-performance codebase that benefits from the incredible work of the entire open-source community
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