GoKawiil - Tech News

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ASRock BC-250: Building the Budget Steam Machine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: asrock, bc-250, steam machine

2.

WebGL Without a GPU (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-29 | by Kiko Beats | get WebGL Software Emulator → | tags: webgl, mesa llvmpipe, angle

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Figma now has AI motion graphics and shader tools (theverge.com)

2026-06-24 | by Jess Weatherbed | get Figma AI Motion Plugin → | tags: figma, webgpu, shader effects

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Microsoft's shader stutter fix is now available for all AMD Radeon GPUs, Nvidia users have to wait (techspot.com)

2026-06-13 | by Daniel Sims | get AMD Radeon Shader Fix Kit → | tags: amd radeon, nvidia, advanced shader delivery

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Making a Shading Language for My Offline Renderer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-08 | by Jiayin Cao | get GPU Shading Language Book → | tags: closure, code, group

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We tested Advanced Shader Delivery on the RX 9070 XT in six games — up to 95% improvement in load times and 33 percent faster 1% Low FPS (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-24 | by Dan Mateescu | get AMD Radeon RX 7000 Series Graphics Card → | tags: shader delivery, rx 9070 xt, pipeline state objects

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Forza Horizon 6 boots up in just 4 seconds instead of 90 with new Advanced Shader Delivery tech and AMD GPUs — Microsoft claims 95% reduction in gaming load times (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-17 | by Hassam Nasir | get AMD Radeon Graphics Card → | tags: forza horizon 6, advanced shader delivery, amd rdna 3

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Show HN: Nibble (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-14 | tags: nibble, llvm, sdl2

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Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-12 | get Sky & Sunsets Projector → | tags: nasa, endeavour, shader

10.

Colored Shadow Penumbra (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | get Colorful Shadow Art Kit → | tags: unreal engine, lumen, substrate

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Show HN: Shader Lab, like Photoshop but for shaders (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | get Shader Editing Software → | tags: shader lab, photoshop, keyframe

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Introducing: ShaderPad (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-15 | get ShaderPad GPU Programming Tool → | tags: shaderpad, shadertoy, three.js

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Nvidia Rolls Out Its Fix For PC Gaming's 'Compiling Shaders' Wait Times (slashdot.org)

2026-04-02 | get Nvidia Shader Cache Cleaner → | tags: nvidia, pc gaming, compiling shaders

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Nvidia rolls out its fix for PC gaming's "compiling shaders" wait times (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-01 | get Nvidia Shader Cache Cleaner → | tags: nvidia, dlss 4.5, shader compilation

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Nvidia's new app lets you precompile gaming shaders during machine idle time (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-01 | get Nvidia Shader Cache Tool → | tags: nvidia, dlss 4.5, machine idle

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Nvidia App adds 'Auto Shader Compilation' for faster load times in games — beta feature automatically recompiles shaders in the background after every driver update (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-01 | by Hassam Nasir | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Series → | tags: nvidia, auto shader compilation, dlss 4.5

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Nvidia App beta enables DLSS 4.5 with dynamic frame-gen, automatic shader compilation (techspot.com)

2026-03-31 | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Series → | tags: nvidia, dlss 4.5, rtx 50

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Fast and Gorgeous Erosion Filter (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-31 | tags: erosion filter, shadertoy, water streams

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Intel's new feature can improve game loading times by up to 3x — Precompiled Shader Delivery comes to Arc Xe2 and Xe3 GPUs following DirectX SDK release (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-19 | by Hassam Nasir | get Intel Arc Shader Cache → | tags: intel, arc xe2, directx sdk

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New Intel Arc drivers promise faster game loads with shader distribution (techspot.com)

2026-03-18 | get Intel Arc Graphics Card → | tags: intel, arc gpu, graphics shader distribution

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Video Encoding and Decoding with Vulkan Compute Shaders in FFmpeg (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-17 | by Lynne | get Vulkan API Developer Kit → | tags: vulkan compute shaders, ffmpeg, video encoding

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Nvidia, AMD, and Intel back Microsoft's plan to fix shader compilation stutter (techspot.com)

2026-03-14 | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: nvidia, amd, intel

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Microsoft is working to eliminate PC gaming's "compiling shaders" wait times (arstechnica.com)

2026-03-13 | get Shader Compilation Optimization Tool → | tags: microsoft, direct3d, shader delivery

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Developer creates real-time 3D shader demo for the Game Boy Color — you can download the ROM or interact with the 3D teapot online (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-08 | by Mark Tyson | get Teapot → | tags: blog, demo, interactive

25.

An Experimental Approach to Printf in HLSL (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-07 | by Chris Bieneman | get Profiler → | tags: hlsl, implementation, printf

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OBS Studio Gets a New Renderer (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-17 | get Open Broadcasting Software → | tags: metal, obs studio, shader

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Linux in a Pixel Shader – A RISC-V Emulator for VRChat (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-10 | get RISC-V Emulator → | tags: code, memory, shader

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25 years ago today, Microsoft released DirectX 8 and changed PC graphics forever — How programmable shaders laid the groundwork for the future of modern GPU rendering (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-09 | by Hassam Nasir | get DirectX 8 → | tags: directx, graphics, hardware

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Sharp Bilinear Filters: Big Clean Pixels for Pixel Art (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Michael Martin | get Google Pixel → | tags: opengl, pixel, shader

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Microsoft's fix for PC shader compilation stutter could take years to fully implement (engadget.com)

2025-10-31 | get Xbox → | tags: compilation, game, games