Emulation Layer v0.9.0

Version 0.9.0 – Datatype Support & API Coverage

New Datatypes

• Added BF16 and FP8 (fp8e4m3, fp8e5m2) support across SPIR-V™ passes and
  kernel execution paths.

Tensor & Graph API coverage

• Added interception coverage for additional Vulkan® instance and physical-device
  query paths, including vkGetPhysicalDeviceProperties2KHR.
• Added support for VK_EXT_tooling_info and completed missing instance
  intercept-initialization paths.
• Updated graph/tensor behavior with higher-rank constant support and queue
  family property fixes.
• Added VK_KHR_SYNCHRONIZATION_2 requirement in the graph layer.

Build, Packaging & Developer Experience

• Added use-float-as-double build option for shader compatibility testing.
• Fixed Android™ shader source path handling
• Fixed Darwin usage documentation details.
• Fixed shader/runtime issues, including Reduce and Pad ops.
• Fixed vkSetDebugUtilsObjectNameEXT dispatch to use the device loader.

Supported Platforms

The following platform combinations are supported:

• Linux - AArch64 and x86-64
• Windows® - x86-64
• Darwin - AArch64 via MoltenVK (experimental)
• Android™ - AArch64 (experimental)