Vulkan SDK

The Vulkan SDK beta (v1.3.290.0) has been launched for developers creating Vulkan API applications for Windows on Arm, featuring Arm64x layers for debugging x8664 Vulkan binaries. This allows x8664 applications to run on Arm64 devices without a complete rebuild. The SDK includes a native Arm64 shader toolchain and retains existing file names and libraries for easier porting. Installation requires Windows 11 on Arm (64 bits), a Vulkan Installable Client Driver, at least 8 GB of memory, and about 1 GB of storage. Certain components are currently missing but will be added in future updates. Vulkan is a low-level graphics and compute API that provides enhanced control over GPU resources.