# VkMBCNT

**Repository Path**: mirrors_GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/VkMBCNT

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: VkMBCNT
- **Description**: Vulkan mbcnt sample that shows how to use the AMD_shader_ballot extension and mbcnt to perform a fast reduction within a wavefront
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-08
- **Last Updated**: 2026-09-12

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

Vulkan shader extensions
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Welcome to the Vulkan™ `mbcnt` sample, which shows how to use the `AMD_shader_ballot` extension and `mbcnt` to perform a fast reduction within a wavefront.

License
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MIT: see `LICENSE.txt` for details.

System requirements
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* AMD Radeon™ GCN-based GPU (HD 7000 series or newer)
  * Or other Vulkan™ compatible discrete GPU 
* 64-bit Windows® 7 (SP1 with the [Platform Update](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/jj863687.aspx)), Windows® 8.1, or Windows® 10
* Visual Studio® 2013 or Visual Studio® 2015
* Graphics driver with Vulkan support. For AMD, the AMD Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.1 or later is required
* The [Vulkan SDK](https://vulkan.lunarg.com) must be installed

Building
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Visual Studio files can be found in the `vkmbcnt\build` directory.

If you need to regenerate the Visual Studio files, open a command prompt in the `vkmbcnt\premake` directory and run `..\..\premake\premake5.exe vs2015` (or `..\..\premake\premake5.exe vs2013` for Visual Studio 2013.)

Third-party software
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* Premake is distributed under the terms of the BSD License. See `premake\LICENSE.txt`.

Attribution
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* AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, Radeon, and combinations thereof are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
* Microsoft, Visual Studio, and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
* Vulkan and the Vulkan logo are trademarks of the Khronos Group, Inc.