References

References are linked to directly from the text where needed, but here is a consolidated list of recommended reading, developer tools, and other useful sources of information.

Documentation

The following developer tools and open-source projects are useful for developers working with Arm GPUs:

• Arm GPU Best Practices - comprehensive Vulkan API best practice guidance for game engine developers.
• Arm GPU Counter Documentation - comprehensive performance counter documentation for all currently shipping Arm GPUs.

Developer Tools

The following developer tools and open-source projects are useful for developers working with Arm GPUs.

Proprietary tools

• Arm Performance Studio - a suite of tools for profiling and debugging Arm GPUs in Android and Linux target devices.

Open-source tools and libraries

• libGPUInfo - a library for querying Arm GPU properties.
• libGPUCounters - a library for sampling Arm GPU performance counters, including full documentation for third-party tooling integration.
• libGPULayers - a library of Vulkan layers, and some tooling for building new ones.
• astcenc - a widely used compressor for offline ASTC texture compression.

Recommended reading

• Real-time Rendering, by Tomas Akenine-Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman, Angelo Pesce, Michał Iwanicki, and Sébastien Hillair.
• Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation, by Matt Pharr, Wenzel Jakob, and Greg Humphreys.
• Real-time Shadows, by Elmar Eisemann, Michael Schwarz, Ulf Assarsson, and Michael Wimmer.