Microsoft Announces Directx 12 At Gdc 2014 For Pcs Smartphones And Xbox1
DirectX 12 is designed to improve performance scaling for modern hardware, and reduce processing overhead by allowing software developers to access more hardware features than before. Other significant improvements include a reduction in CPU usage of up to 50 percent, and better distribution of work between CPU cores. Microsoft has reaffirmed support for Direct3D across all its platforms: Windows, Xbox, Windows Phone and even Windows RT. The most significant improvement is its ability to address different hardware architectures while offering developers a standardized platform with minimal translation overheads....