<s>
WebGPU	B-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
working	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
potential	O
web	O
standard	O
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
API	B-General_Concept
for	O
accelerated	B-General_Concept
graphics	O
and	O
compute	B-Architecture
,	O
aiming	O
to	O
provide	O
"	O
modern	O
3D	O
graphics	O
and	O
computation	O
capabilities	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
W3C	O
GPU	O
for	O
the	O
Web	O
Community	O
Group	O
with	O
engineers	O
from	O
Apple	O
,	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
WebGL	B-Library
,	O
WebGPU	B-Operating_System
is	O
not	O
a	O
direct	O
port	O
of	O
any	O
existing	O
native	O
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
provided	O
by	O
Vulkan	B-Application
,	O
Metal	B-Library
,	O
and	O
Direct3D	O
12	O
and	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
provide	O
high	O
performance	O
across	O
mobile	O
and	O
desktop	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	O
platforms	O
will	O
be	O
limited	O
in	O
creation	O
of	O
objects	O
that	O
will	O
require	O
modern	O
graphics	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
(	O
mentioned	O
above	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
conceptual	O
prototype	O
called	O
NXT	O
was	O
showcased	O
in	O
early	O
2017	O
by	O
the	O
Chromium	B-Language
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Chrome	B-Application
Development	O
Team	O
has	O
named	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
successor	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
WebGL/2	O
JavaScript	B-Language
APIs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
6	O
,	O
2023	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Chromium	B-Language
browser	I-Language
will	O
ship	O
with	O
WebGPU	B-Operating_System
supported	O
enabled	O
on	O
the	O
ChromeOS	O
,	O
macOS	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
8	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
showed	O
"	O
Explicit	O
web	O
graphics	O
API	B-General_Concept
"	O
presentation	O
to	O
the	O
WebGL	B-Library
working	O
group	O
(	O
during	O
the	O
bi-annual	O
face	O
to	O
face	O
meeting	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
presentation	O
explored	O
the	O
basic	O
ideas	O
and	O
principles	O
of	O
building	O
a	O
new	O
API	B-General_Concept
to	O
eventually	O
replace	O
WebGL	B-Library
,	O
aka	O
"	O
WebGL	B-Library
Next	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Khronos	B-Library
hosted	O
an	O
IP-free	O
meeting	O
dedicated	O
to	O
discussion	O
of	O
"	O
WebGL	B-Library
Next	O
"	O
ideas	O
,	O
collided	O
with	O
WebGL	B-Library
working	O
group	O
meeting	O
in	O
Vancouver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
team	O
presented	O
the	O
NXT	O
prototype	O
implementing	O
a	O
new	O
API	B-General_Concept
that	O
could	O
run	O
in	O
Chromium	B-Language
with	O
OpenGL	B-Application
,	O
or	O
standalone	O
with	O
OpenGL	B-Application
and	O
Metal	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
NXT	O
borrowed	O
concepts	O
from	O
all	O
of	O
Vulkan	B-Application
,	O
Direct3D	O
12	O
,	O
and	O
Metal	B-Library
native	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
and	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
representatives	O
also	O
showed	O
their	O
prototypes	O
built	O
on	O
Safari	B-Application
and	O
Servo	B-Application
correspondingly	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
closely	O
replicated	O
the	O
Metal	B-Library
API	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
7	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Apple	O
's	O
WebKit	B-Language
team	O
proposed	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
W3C	O
community	O
group	O
to	O
design	O
the	O
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
WebGPU	B-Operating_System
"	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
concepts	O
in	O
Apple	O
's	O
Metal	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WebGPU	B-Operating_System
name	O
was	O
later	O
adopted	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
group	O
as	O
a	O
working	O
name	O
for	O
the	O
future	O
standard	O
rather	O
than	O
just	O
Apple	O
's	O
initial	O
proposal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
Apple	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
had	O
experiments	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
Apple	O
's	O
proposal	O
was	O
officially	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
gpuweb-proposals	O
"	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
,	O
on	O
March	O
21	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
submitted	O
a	O
proposal	O
for	O
WebGL	B-Library
Next	O
within	O
Khronos	B-Library
repository	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Vulkan	B-Application
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
citing	O
"	O
resolution	O
on	O
most-high	O
level	O
issues	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
cross-browser	O
standardization	O
effort	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Chrome	B-Application
team	O
announced	O
intent	O
to	O
implement	O
the	O
future	O
WebGPU	B-Operating_System
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebGPU	B-Operating_System
uses	O
its	O
own	O
shading	O
language	O
called	O
WGSL	O
that	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
trivially	O
translatable	O
to	O
SPIR-V	B-Application
,	O
until	O
complaints	O
caused	O
redirection	O
into	O
a	O
more	O
traditional	O
design	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
shading	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
syntax	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Rust.Tint	O
is	O
a	O
Google-made	O
compiler	B-Language
for	O
WGSL.Naga	O
is	O
a	O
similar	O
project	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
wgpu-rs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Chrome	B-Application
and	O
Firefox	O
support	O
WebGPU	B-Operating_System
with	O
SPIR-V	B-Application
,	O
with	O
work	O
ongoing	O
for	O
the	O
WGSL	O
front-end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Safari	B-Application
used	O
to	O
support	O
a	O
prototype	O
of	O
WebGPU	B-Operating_System
with	O
WSL	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
now	O
obsolete	O
and	O
removed	O
in	O
anticipation	O
of	O
progress	O
in	O
WebKit	B-Language
implementation	O
that	O
follows	O
upstream	O
specifications	O
of	O
both	O
WebGPU	B-Operating_System
and	O
WGSL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
6	O
,	O
2023	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
Chromium	B-Language
support	O
for	O
WebGPU	B-Operating_System
on	O
the	O
ChromeOS	O
,	O
macOS	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
