Mali GPU Offline Shader Compiler

Offline Compiler for shaders written in the OpenGL ES Shading Language (ESSL)

The Mali GPU Offline Shader Compiler is a command line tool that translates vertex shaders and fragment shaders written in the OpenGL ES Shading Language (ESSL) into binary vertex shaders and binary fragment shaders for execution on the Mali GPUs.

The resulting binary file is used on the target platform, read in by the application and given as parameter in a call to the appropriate OpenGL ES 2.0 function.


Command line Interface

Easy integration into regression build and test systems.

 


Offline Compilation of vertex and fragment shaders written in OpenGL ES Shading Language (ESSL) into Mali GPU binary.

This ensures that shaders compile properly without having to pass them through to target Mali hardware as well as securing shader code confidentiality through distribution of pre-compiled shader binaries with OpenGL ES applications.


Verbose output of shader performance and errors number of execution cycles

Enables debugging and optimization of shaders


End User License Agreement for Mali GPU Offline Shader Compiler

THIS END USER LICENCE AGREEMENT (“LICENCE”) IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (EITHER A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, OR SINGLE LEGAL ENTITY) AND ARM LIMITED ("ARM") FOR THE USE OF THE DELIVERABLES ACCOMPANYING THIS LICENCE. ARM IS ONLY WILLING TO LICENSE THE DELIVERABLES TO YOU ON CONDITION THAT YOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS IN THIS LICENCE. BY CLICKING “I AGREE” OR BY INSTALLING OR OTHERWISE USING OR COPYING THE DELIVERABLES YOU INDICATE THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS OF THIS LICENCE.

 

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Downloads

By downloading the packaging below you acknowledge that you accept the End User License Agreement for the Mali GPU Offline Shader Compiler

Current Release - v3.0 [01 February 2012]

Mali GPU Offline Shader Compiler v3.0

Windows Installer [MSI]

Linux Installer [TGZ]

Mac OS X Installer [TGZ]

Release Notes [PDF]

Errata [PDF]

Previous Release - v2.2 [21 October 2009]

Mali GPU Offline Shader Compiler v2.2

Windows Installer [ZIP]

Linux Installer [TGZ]

Release Notes [PDF]

Errata [PDF]

Support

Please submit your questions to the Mali Developer Forums


Documentation

Current Release - v3.0 [01 February 2012]

Mali GPU Offline Shader Compiler v3.0 User Guide [PDF]

Previous Release - v2.2 [21 October 2009]

Mali GPU Offline Shader Compiler v2.2 User Guide [PDF] [HTML]

General

Mali GPU Developer Tools Overview Slides [PDF]

Mali GPU Developer Tools Technical Overview [PDF] [HTML]

Support

Please submit your questions and issues to the Mali Developer Forums