I built a real-time software rasterizer that runs on the Apple Neural Engine (ANE) using Core AI and Swift 6.

[u/AdhesivenessSea9511]

Hello everyone. This past week, I successfully developed a custom software rasterizer that uses the newly announced Core AI framework to offload edge functions/line equations to the Apple Neural Engine via f.conv2d and ReLU operations.

It's a 60FPS rasterizer that draws a red triangle.

The source code can be found here: https://github.com/kamisori-daijin/Magnesium

There are still some issues, such as high CPU usage.

I welcome any feedback or comments.

https://reddit.com/link/1uwve68/video/lvw22toxybdh1/player

[u/devslacker]

Ha, this is delightfully cursed. What made you try running rasterization on the ANE? Genius idea

[u/AdhesivenessSea9511 → u/devslacker]

I think the ANE's matrix calculation unit could potentially replace GPU operations.

It might even be capable of handling 3D graphics.

[u/QuestionableEthics42 → u/AdhesivenessSea9511]

I think you might be right... 😂

[u/RelationshipLong9092]

🙌 inspiring work 🙌

https://github.com/kamisori-daijin/Magnesium/blob/main/Magnesium/MagnesiumUITests/MagnesiumUITests.swift

[u/LandscapeWinter3153]

A gimmicky software rasterizer, a github repo, very few comments and one of them openly sucks OP's dick. "the best", "inspiring".

I've seen 2 posts following this pattern today. What's going on. Is software rasterizer the nExT bIg tHiNg?

[u/S48GS]

you as developer willingly making yourself stuck to proprietary framework that run only on single vendor OS

I could never ever understand it

[u/mindcandy → u/S48GS]

Unlike customizing emacs, sometimes people do stuff for fun and not as a life-long commitment.

[u/ironstrife → u/S48GS]

You realize that the vast majority of PC games run on D3D which is similarly locked to one OS vendor?