include::{generated}/meta/VK_AMD_gpu_shader_half_float.txt[]

*Last Modified Date*::
    2019-04-11
*IP Status*::
    No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
  - Daniel Rakos, AMD
  - Dominik Witczak, AMD
  - Donglin Wei, AMD
  - Graham Sellers, AMD
  - Qun Lin, AMD
  - Rex Xu, AMD
*External Dependencies*::
  - {spirv}/AMD/SPV_AMD_gpu_shader_half_float.html[`SPV_AMD_gpu_shader_half_float`]

This extension adds support for using half float variables in shaders.

=== Deprecation by VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8

Functionality in this extension was included in
<<VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8>> extension, when
slink::VkPhysicalDeviceShaderFloat16Int8FeaturesKHR::pname:shaderFloat16 is
enabled.

=== Version History

 * Revision 2, 2019-04-11 (Tobias Hector)
   - Marked as deprecated
 * Revision 1, 2016-09-21 (Dominik Witczak)
   - Initial draft