Metal4

Metal 4 is a significant update to Apple's Metal API, designed to enhance graphics and compute capabilities on Apple platforms. It is built to unlock the full performance potential of Apple Silicon, supporting devices equipped with the Apple M1 and later, as well as the A14 Bionic and later. Metal 4 introduces a new command structure with explicit memory management, enabling richer and more complex visuals. It also integrates machine learning seamlessly with the rest of your Metal app, offering new built-in solutions via MetalFX to boost performance.

For a comprehensive introduction to Metal 4, you can watch the session Discover Metal 4. This session covers the new command encoding, resource management, shader compilation, and integration of machine learning.

If you're interested in how Metal 4 can be applied to game development, the session Explore Metal 4 games provides insights into accelerating game engines with Metal 4, including efficient command encoding and resource management.

For those looking to combine machine learning and graphics, the session Combine Metal 4 machine learning and graphics explores how to integrate machine learning techniques like upscaling and neural shading into your Metal app.

These sessions provide a solid foundation for understanding and adopting Metal 4 in your applications and games.