AMD(NYSE:AMD) has declared its support for Microsoft(NASDAQ:MSFT) and its revamped graphics application programming interface, DirectX 12. During the Microsoft sponsored panel, DirectX: Evolving Microsoft's Graphics Platform, AMD revealed that it will support DirectX 12 on all AMD Radeon GPUs that feature the Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture.
AMD will support and collaborate with Microsoft on the development of the generational advancement of the API, to continue to improve the experience for both developers and end- users.
"AMD strongly believes in the benefits gamers and game developers can realize from lower-overhead API development. With the Mantle API, AMD has shown the world our commitment to incredible performance, and we look forward to enabling the same performance gains by supporting the industry-standard DirectX 12," said Matt Skynner, Corporate Vice-President & General Manager, Graphics Business Unit, AMD.
DirectX 12 will offer tantalizing opportunities for game developers to extract new performance from PC graphics cards with a newly-streamlined language that reduces API overhead. DirectX 12 will be the first generational leap for the platform since DirectX 11 made its debut in 2008.A DirectX 12 support schedule for AMD Radeon GPUs will be published at a later date.
