Navigator: gpu property

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The Navigator.gpu read-only property returns the GPU object for the current browsing context, which is the entry point for the WebGPU API.

Value

A GPU object.

Examples

async function init() {
 if (!navigator.gpu) {
 throw Error("WebGPU not supported.");
 }
 const adapter = await navigator.gpu.requestAdapter();
 if (!adapter) {
 throw Error("Couldn't request WebGPU adapter.");
 }
 const device = await adapter.requestDevice();
 // ...
}