Vulkan

Vulkan is a low-level low-overhead, cross-platform API and open standard for 3D graphics and computing. It was intended to address the shortcomings of OpenGL, and allow developers more control... Wikipedia

• Original author(s):  AMD, DICE (original Mantle design)
• Developer(s):  Khronos Group (donated and derived variant, as Vulkan)
• Initial release:  February 16, 2016
• Written in:  C
• Operating system:  Android, Linux, Haiku, Fuchsia, BSD Unix, QNX, Windows, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, Tizen, Raspberry Pi, vxWorks
• Type:  3D graphics and compute API
• License:  Apache License 2.0 and MIT
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo