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1// Copyright 2018-2024 The Khronos Group Inc.
2//
3// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
4
5include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_EXT_shader_atomic_float.adoc[]
6
7=== Other Extension Metadata
8
9*Last Modified Date*::
10    2020-07-15
11*IP Status*::
12    No known IP claims.
13*Interactions and External Dependencies*::
14  - This extension provides API support for
15    {GLSLregistry}/ext/GLSL_EXT_shader_atomic_float.txt[`GL_EXT_shader_atomic_float`]
16*Contributors*::
17  - Vikram Kushwaha, NVIDIA
18  - Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
19
20=== Description
21
22This extension allows a shader to contain floating-point atomic operations
23on buffer, workgroup, and image memory.
24It also advertises the SPIR-V code:AtomicFloat32AddEXT and
25code:AtomicFloat64AddEXT capabilities that allows atomic addition on
26floating-points numbers.
27The supported operations include code:OpAtomicFAddEXT,
28code:OpAtomicExchange, code:OpAtomicLoad and code:OpAtomicStore.
29
30include::{generated}/interfaces/VK_EXT_shader_atomic_float.adoc[]
31
32=== New SPIR-V Capabilities
33
34  * <<spirvenv-capabilities-table-AtomicFloat32AddEXT,
35    code:AtomicFloat32AddEXT>>
36  * <<spirvenv-capabilities-table-AtomicFloat64AddEXT,
37    code:AtomicFloat64AddEXT>>
38
39=== Version History
40
41  * Revision 1, 2020-07-15 (Vikram Kushwaha)
42  ** Internal revisions
43