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DirectX Support Promoted To Official Target Within LLVM

phoronix.com · 6dShare

Over the past four years there has been a lot of work on a DirectX back-end within the LLVM compiler stack. Microsoft has backed the initiative for being able to lower LLVM IR into the DirectX Intermediate Language (DXIL) for execution by Windows DirectX 12 graphics drivers. This back-end is now officially supported...

First report: LLVM Developers Discuss Enabling ClangIR Build By Default — phoronix.com, 8d