Metal

What is Metal?

Apple's Metal is a powerful, low-level API that provides direct access to the graphics processing unit (GPU) on iOS, macOS, and tvOS devices. By leveraging Metal's hardware-accelerated 3D graphics and compute shader capabilities, developers can unlock the full potential of their apps, optimizing for exceptional visual experiences and high-performance computing tasks

Highlights

• Near-direct access to the GPU, enabling developers to maximize graphics and compute potential
• Approachable, low-overhead architecture with precompiled GPU shaders, fine-grained resource control, and multithreading support
• GPU-driven command creation, simplifying the process of working with diverse Metal-capable GPUs
• Ability to tap into the pro-level power of devices like Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR
• Support for machine learning analysis of unstructured data using code embeddings