Mali GPU User Interface Engine Application Development Guide
Mali GPU User Interface Engine Application Development Guide
Mali GPU User Interface Engine Application Development Guide
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Introduction1.1 About the <strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong> <strong>User</strong> <strong>Interface</strong> <strong>Engine</strong>The <strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong> <strong>User</strong> <strong>Interface</strong> <strong>Engine</strong> is a library of C++ functions that can be helpful whenbuilding OpenGL ES 2.0 applications and user interfaces for a platform with a <strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong>. Youcan use it for creating new applications, training, and exploration of implementationpossibilities.The <strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong> <strong>User</strong> <strong>Interface</strong> <strong>Engine</strong> and its libraries are supplied as part of the <strong>Mali</strong> DeveloperTools which help you to develop OpenGL ES graphics applications on your host computer.You can use the <strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong> <strong>User</strong> <strong>Interface</strong> <strong>Engine</strong> and OpenGL ES Emulator to visualize anddebug your graphics applications before the <strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong> hardware is available.1.1.1 <strong>Development</strong> environmentThe complete development environment for <strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong> Developer Tools is shown in Figure 1-1:Third-party tool thatoutputs ColladafilesBitmapeditorTexteditor<strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong><strong>User</strong> <strong>Interface</strong><strong>Engine</strong> library<strong>Application</strong>sourcecodeColladasourceTexturegraphicsVertex andfragmentshader source<strong>Mali</strong><strong>GPU</strong>ShaderLibraryC++ developmentenvironment<strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong>Binary AssetExporter<strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong>TextureCompressionTool<strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong>Offline ShaderCompiler<strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong>Shader<strong>Development</strong>Studio<strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong>PerformanceAnalysis ToolCompiledapplicationBinaryassetsCompressedtexturesCompiledshadersRecordedperformancedataOpenGL ES graphics applicationOpenGL ES 2.0EmulatorOpenGL graphics card(on workstation)Hardware containing<strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong>Figure 1-1 <strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong> <strong>Development</strong> Tools work flowThis guide concentrates on the <strong>Mali</strong> <strong>GPU</strong> <strong>User</strong> <strong>Interface</strong> <strong>Engine</strong> and OpenGL ES Emulator. Seethe documentation for the other tools for information on using them in a developmentenvironment.ARM DUI 0527A-02a Copyright © 2010 ARM. All rights reserved. 1-2ID070710Non-Confidential - Draft - Beta
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