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The High-Level Shader Language [1] or High-Level Shading Language [2] (HLSL) is a proprietary shading language developed by Microsoft for the Direct3D 9 API to augment the shader assembly language, and went on to become the required shading language for the unified shader model of Direct3D 10 and higher.
The unified shader model uses the same hardware resources for both vertex and fragment processing. In the field of 3D computer graphics, the unified shader model (known in Direct3D 10 as "Shader Model 4.0") refers to a form of shader hardware in a graphical processing unit (GPU) where all of the shader stages in the rendering pipeline (geometry, vertex, pixel, etc.) have the same capabilities.
Originally, this functionality was achieved by writing shaders in ARB assembly language – a complex and unintuitive task. The OpenGL ARB created the OpenGL Shading Language to provide a more intuitive method for programming the graphics processing unit while maintaining the open standards advantage that has driven OpenGL throughout its history.
In Direct3D 11, the concept of feature levels has been further expanded to run on most downlevel hardware including Direct3D 9 cards with WDDM drivers.. There are seven feature levels provided by D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL structure; levels 9_1, 9_2 and 9_3 (collectively known as Direct3D 10 Level 9) re-encapsulate various features of popular Direct3D 9 cards conforming to Shader Model 2.0, while ...
Application Latest release date and version Developer Platforms Main uses License Bryce: 2010-12-23 7.1.0.109 Daz 3D: Windows (32-bit), macOS (10.7 and above) : Animation, landscape modeling, fractal geometry
Shader model (vertex/pixel) API support [4] Memory bandwidth DVMT Hardware acceleration Direct3D OpenGL OpenCL MPEG-2 VC-1 AVC; Extreme Graphics 2002 Desktop 845G 845GE 845GL 845GV Brookdale 2562 200 2 3.0 (SW) / No 6.0 (full) 9.0 (some features, no hardware shaders) 1.3 ES 1.1 Linux: No 2.1 64 MC No No 2001 Mobile 830M 830MG Almador 3577 166 ...
It is a direct representation of the intermediate shader bytecode which is passed to the graphics driver for execution. The shader assembly language cannot be directly used to program unified Shader Model 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, and 5.1, although it retains its function as a representation of the intermediate bytecode for debug purposes. [6]
Model Launch Code name Fab Bus interface Core config 1 Clock speed Fillrate Memory API support (version) Processing Power (GFLOPS) TDP (watts) Notes Core Shader Memory Pixel (GP/s) Texture (GT/s) Size Bandwidth (GB/s) Bus type Bus width DirectX OpenGL Vulkan; GeForce G210M June 15, 2009 GT218 40 PCIe 2.0 x16 16:8:4 625 1500