1# WebGPU API 2 3Date Updated: June 16, 2020 4 5## Summary and Links 6 7WebGPU exposes an API for performing operations, such as rendering and computation, 8on a Graphics Processing Unit. [Dawn](https://dawn.googlesource.com/dawn) is the underlying 9implementation of WebGPU in chromium. In the future, with 10[WebGPU bindings provided by emscripten](https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/pull/10218), 11CanvasKit should be able to use a WebGPU rendering device. 12 13- [W.I.P. Specification](https://gpuweb.github.io/gpuweb/) 14- [WebGPU Samples](https://austineng.github.io/webgpu-samples/) 15- [Implementation Status](https://github.com/gpuweb/gpuweb/wiki/Implementation-Status) 16 17Some features are currently available in Chrome Canary behind the `--enable-unsafe-webgpu` flag. 18