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VK_KHR_shader_untyped_pointers

This extension adds Vulkan support for the SPV_KHR_untyped_pointers SPIR-V extension. It provides an alternative to strongly-typed pointers. Untyped pointers allow shader authors to reinterpret data accessed through memory and atomic instructions versus the data type declared in the variable without extra conversion instructions. Untyped pointers also provide an efficient translation from templated load/store operations in high-level languages and simplify shaders that support operations, but not storage, on smaller data types (e.g. 16-bit floating-point types).

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