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ComputePass

WebGPU supportedWebGL 2 not supported

A pass on which to run computations with compute pipelines.

Usage​

Create and run a compute shader that multiplies an array of numbers by 2.

const source = /*WGSL*/`\
@group(0) @binding(0) var<storage, read_write> data: array<i32>;
@compute @workgroup_size(1) fn main(@builtin(global_invocation_id) id: vec3<u32>) {
  let i = id.x;
  data[i] = 2 * data[i];
}`;

const shader = webgpuDevice.createShader({source});
const computePipeline = webgpuDevice.createComputePipeline({
  shader,
  shaderLayout: {
    bindings: [{name: 'data', type: 'storage', location: 0}]
  }
});

const workBuffer = webgpuDevice.createBuffer({
  byteLength: 4,
  usage: Buffer.STORAGE | Buffer.COPY_SRC | Buffer.COPY_DST,
});

workBuffer.write(new Int32Array([2]));

computePipeline.setBindings({data: workBuffer});

const computePass = webgpuDevice.beginComputePass({});
computePass.setPipeline(computePipeline);
computePass.dispatch(1);
computePass.end();

webgpuDevice.submit();

const computedData = new Int32Array(await workBuffer.readAsync());
// computedData[0] === 4

Types​

ComputePassProps​

ComputePassProps extends ResourceProps and accepts the following fields.

PropertyTypeDefaultDescription
timestampQuerySet?QuerySetundefinedQuery set that will receive timestamps at the beginning and end of the pass.
beginTimestampIndex?numberundefinedQuery set index that records the timestamp when the pass begins. No timestamp is written when omitted.
endTimestampIndex?numberundefinedQuery set index that records the timestamp when the pass ends. No timestamp is written when omitted.

Members​

  • device: Device - holds a reference to the Device that created this ComputePass.
  • handle: unknown - holds the underlying WebGL or WebGPU shader object
  • props: ComputePassProps - holds a copy of the ComputePassProps used to create this ComputePass.

Methods​

constructor(props: ComputePassProps)​

ComputePass is an abstract class and cannot be instantiated directly. Create with device.beginComputePass(...).

end(): void​

Free up any GPU resources associated with this compute pass.

pushDebugGroup(groupLabel: string): void​

Adds a debug group (implementation dependent).

popDebugGroup(): void​

Removes a debug group (implementation dependent).

insertDebugMarker(markerLabel: string): void​

Adds a debug marker (implementation dependent).