Monthly Archives: March 2014

Who was first, DirectX 12 or Mantle? nVidia or AMD?

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Scali

There has been quite a bit of speculation on which API and/or which vendor was first… I will just list a number of facts, and then everyone can decide for themselves. Microsoft’s first demonstrations of working DX12 software (3DMark and … Continue reading →

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DirectX 12: A first quick look

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Scali

Today, Microsoft has presented the first information on DirectX 12 at the Game Developers Conference, and also published a blog on DirectX 12. nVidia also responded with a blog on DirectX 12. In Direct3D 12, the idea of deferred contexts … Continue reading →

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GnuTLS: Just because people can read the source, doesn’t mean that they do

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Scali

I don’t want to spend too much time on this topic… Just want to get this out there. As you may have heard, a vulnerability was discovered in GnuTLS, because of sloppy coding: http://blog.existentialize.com/the-story-of-the-gnutls-bug.html I want to stress two points … Continue reading →

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