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PowerVR SDK

To ease 3D graphics application development, the SDK includes a cross-platform OS and API abstraction layer, as well as a library of helper tools for maths and resource loading. It also features optimized example applications to demonstrate the most efficient ways of implementing common 3D graphics effects on PowerVR GPUs, and a cross-platform, cross-API framework.

Framework

The PowerVR Framework is a cross-platform and cross-API framework that acts as a scaffold for you to build your own rendering or game engine around. It features a number of modules at varying levels of abstraction, and consists of:

• PVRCore
• PVRShell
• PVRAssets
• PVRAPI
• PVRUIRenderer
• PVRPlatformGlue
• PVRCamera

Example Applications

The examples provided in the SDK are fully commented, highly optimized C++ applications that cover a variety of rendering techniques. They are designed in a step-by-step tutorial style to gradually guide the most inexperienced graphics developers from a simple render of a single triangle to complex scenes that incorporate many objects, animations and shader effects.

Vulkan

Developed by leading hardware, game engine and platform vendors, the Vulkan graphics and compute API has been designed for portability across multiple platforms. The PowerVR Graphics SDK 2016 R1 was developed alongside Vulkan and as such features:

• A Vulkan backend for the PowerVR Framework abstraction layer
• New examples to demonstrate key Vulkan features
• Various examples of Vulkan code
  

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  Documentation

  The SDK contains a wealth of manuals, whitepapers and training materials to educate and inform developers of the most suitable rendering techniques, why they are well suited to the PowerVR architecture and how to get to grips with the utilities to leverage their full capabilities. In addition to its inclusion to the SDK, the documentation is also hosted on the websitehere.

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  Supported Platforms

  Supported Operating Systems		OpenGL ES 2.0	OpenGL ES 3.0	OpenGL ES 3.1
  	iOS 7.0 or newer
  	Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and newer (ARM, X86 & MIPS)
  	Linux (ARMv7, ARMv7 HF, X86 & MIPS)
  	Windows PC emulation Windows 7 and newer (X86 & X64)
  	OS X PC Emulation 10.7 (Lion) and newer (X86 & X64)
  	Linux PC Emulation (X86 & X64)

  PowerVR

  • PowerVR SDK
  • PowerVR Tools
  • PowerVR Downloads
  • PowerVR Documentation
  • PowerVR Presentations
  • PowerVR FAQ
  • PowerVR Forum
  • PowerVR Support
  • PowerVR Developer Blog
  • PowerVR Partners
  • Vulkan