Metal Programming Guide: Tutorial and Reference via Swift - Softcover

Clayton, Janie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0134668944 ISBN 13: 9780134668949

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2017

Synopsis

Metal enables Apple iOS and macOS platform developers to maximize performance in demanding tasks like 3D graphics, games, scientific programming, visualization, and now GPU-accelerated machine learning. Apple’s Swift + Metal combination runs faster than nearly any other language used in these areas. Now, there’s an authoritative and 100% practical guide to making the most of Metal. Pioneering Apple developers Basel Farag and Janie Clayton cover everything from simple draw calls to advanced parallel computing, teaching through hands-on projects and industry-realistic code samples. They cover a wide array of applications, from 2D and 3D graphics to neural networking. Farag and Clayton offer a uniquely valuable perspective on high-performance data-parallel programming with Metal -- a topic that has been woefully underserved by earlier resources. They also offer expert guidance on Metal performance and debugging, helping you capture every iota of performance the Metal API and shader language can offer.

About this title

About the Author

Janie Clayton is an independent iOS developer and graphics programmer. Janie is the author on several books on iOS and Swift development, including the Swift Apprentice and iOS 10 SDK. She records her journey down the rabbit hole on her personal blog at  http://redqueencoder.com. Janie lives outside of Madison, Wisconsin, with her attempted grumble of pugs and multitude of programming books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0134668944
• ISBN 13: 9780134668949
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352