RasterGrid’s expertise in specification editing encompasses all aspects of formal API design; from feature requirements collection and IHV support surveying, to exploration of API design alternatives and impact assessment for both application and driver developers. The centralized guidance provided by RasterGrid has been instrumental to the successful and timely development of Khronos Vulkan Video extensions. Furthermore, RasterGrid’s strong familiarity with development of ecosystem components such as Vulkan Validation Layer and Vulkan Profiles has been invaluable to offload this work from the Vulkan Video Task Sub-Group, thus enabling us to produce and maintain high-quality drivers, focus more on engagement with Open Source adopters, and brainstorm ideas on enhancements to the Vulkan Video feature set.

The Khronos Vulkan SC working group engaged RasterGrid to develop a suite of tools needed by application developers to develop Vulkan SC applications. RasterGrid took the lead in designing and implementing these tools, with a focus on the reuse of existing Vulkan tools, automated testing and minimizing future maintenance overheads. The high quality of the delivered tools and ownership taken by RasterGrid over the tools have enabled the working group to keep its focus on the development of the Vulkan SC API. The working group has also benefited from RasterGrid’s valuable feedback into its specification during this engagement and CTS analysis work.