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What is Metal?
Metal is a low-level, low-overhead hardware acceleration API developed by Apple. It provides direct access to the graphics processing unit (GPU) and allows developers to maximize the graphics and compute potential of Apple platforms (iOS, macOS, tvOS). It is commonly used for developing high-performance games, professional applications, and advanced graphics rendering.
What other technologies are related to Metal?
Metal Competitor Technologies
Vulkan
Vulkan is a cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API, directly competing with Metal for graphics rendering.
OpenGL
OpenGL is a cross-platform 3D graphics API. While older, it serves a similar purpose to Metal.
DirectX
DirectX is a collection of APIs for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. It competes with Metal.
DirectX12
DirectX 12 is a version of DirectX and a direct competitor to Metal, offering low-level graphics API functionality.
OpenGL ES
OpenGL ES is a version of OpenGL designed for embedded systems. Serves a similar purpose to Metal, especially on mobile devices.
HLSL/GLSL
HLSL (used by DirectX) and GLSL (used by OpenGL) are shading languages which compete with Metal's shading language (MSL).
DX12
DX12 is shorthand for DirectX 12, a direct competitor to Metal.
OpenCL
OpenCL is a framework for writing programs that execute across heterogeneous platforms, and can be used for compute tasks as an alternative to Metal's compute capabilities.
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Metal Complementary Technologies
RenderDoc
RenderDoc is a graphics debugging tool that can be used to debug Metal applications.
Core Motion
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Core Motion provides access to the device's accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer, which can be used to enhance Metal-based applications.
ARKit
ARKit is Apple's augmented reality framework, which often uses Metal for rendering AR content. Thus, it is complementary.
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Which job functions commonly mention Metal?
Mobile Developer
0.2% of all Mobile Developer jobs mention Metal
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Chip Designer
0.1% of all Chip Designer jobs mention Metal
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Hardware Engineer
0.1% of all Hardware Engineer jobs mention Metal
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Software Engineer
2095 Software Engineer jobs mention Metal
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Engineer
3047 Engineer jobs mention Metal
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