SPIR-V

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binary intermediate language intermediate representation shader intermediate language

SPIR-V is a standardized intermediate binary language for representing shaders and compute kernels, primarily used in the Vulkan graphics and compute API ecosystem.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
SPIR-V canonical	6
SPIR-V specification	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7279322 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: SPIR-V
Context triple: [Vulkan, shaderLanguage, SPIR-V]

A. Metal Shading Language
Metal Shading Language is Apple’s C++-like GPU programming language used to write high-performance graphics and compute shaders for the Metal framework on iOS, macOS, and related platforms.
B. Vulkan
Vulkan is a low-overhead, cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API designed to provide high-performance access to modern GPUs.
C. NVIDIA OptiX
NVIDIA OptiX is a GPU-accelerated, programmable ray tracing engine and API from NVIDIA used to build high-performance, photorealistic rendering and simulation applications.
D. HLSL
HLSL (High-Level Shading Language) is Microsoft's C-like programming language used to write shaders for real-time graphics on GPUs, primarily in the DirectX ecosystem.
E. Universal Render Pipeline
Universal Render Pipeline is Unity’s optimized, scriptable rendering solution designed to deliver high-quality graphics across a wide range of platforms, from mobile devices to high-end consoles and PCs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: SPIR-V
Target entity description: SPIR-V is a standardized intermediate binary language for representing shaders and compute kernels, primarily used in the Vulkan graphics and compute API ecosystem.

A. Metal Shading Language
Metal Shading Language is Apple’s C++-like GPU programming language used to write high-performance graphics and compute shaders for the Metal framework on iOS, macOS, and related platforms.
B. Vulkan
Vulkan is a low-overhead, cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API designed to provide high-performance access to modern GPUs.
C. NVIDIA OptiX
NVIDIA OptiX is a GPU-accelerated, programmable ray tracing engine and API from NVIDIA used to build high-performance, photorealistic rendering and simulation applications.
D. HLSL
HLSL (High-Level Shading Language) is Microsoft's C-like programming language used to write shaders for real-time graphics on GPUs, primarily in the DirectX ecosystem.
E. Universal Render Pipeline
Universal Render Pipeline is Unity’s optimized, scriptable rendering solution designed to deliver high-quality graphics across a wide range of platforms, from mobile devices to high-end consoles and PCs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	binary intermediate language ⓘ intermediate representation ⓘ shader intermediate language ⓘ
dataFormat	binary ⓘ
designedFor	Vulkan API ecosystem ⓘ linked to: Vulkan
fileExtension	.spv ⓘ
governedBy	Khronos registry ⓘ linked to: Khronos Group
hasFeature	capabilities system ⓘ decorations for metadata ⓘ entry points ⓘ extensions mechanism ⓘ logical addressing model ⓘ modules ⓘ physical addressing model ⓘ specialization constants ⓘ static single assignment form ⓘ storage classes ⓘ structured control flow ⓘ validation rules ⓘ versioning scheme ⓘ
hasTooling	DXC ⓘ SPIRV-Cross ⓘ SPIRV-Tools ⓘ glslang ⓘ linked to: GLSL
inputFrom	GLSL ⓘ HLSL ⓘ OpenCL C ⓘ high-level shading languages ⓘ
introducedFor	Vulkan 1.0 ⓘ linked to: Vulkan
outputTo	GPU drivers ⓘ
relatedTo	SPIR ⓘ
replaces	SPIR in some use cases ⓘ
specifiedIn	SPIR-V specification ⓘ linked to: SPIR-V
standardizedBy	Khronos Group ⓘ
supports	compute pipeline ⓘ compute shaders ⓘ fragment shaders ⓘ geometry shaders ⓘ graphics pipeline ⓘ mesh shaders ⓘ ray tracing shaders ⓘ task shaders ⓘ tessellation control shaders ⓘ tessellation evaluation shaders ⓘ vertex shaders ⓘ
supportsEnvironment	OpenCL environment ⓘ Shader capability subsets ⓘ Vulkan environment ⓘ linked to: Vulkan
usedFor	GPU programming ⓘ compute kernels ⓘ graphics shaders ⓘ
usedIn	OpenCL ⓘ Vulkan ⓘ WebGPU ⓘ