VK_EXT_shader_64bit_indexing(3)

# VK_EXT_shader_64bit_indexing(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_EXT_shader_64bit_indexing - device extension

## Registered Extension Number

628

## Revision

1

## Ratification Status

Ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2
or
Vulkan Version 1.1

## SPIR-V Dependencies

- SPV_EXT_shader_64bit_indexing

## Contact

- Jeff Bolz [GitHub]jeffbolznv

## Extension Proposal

VK_EXT_shader_64bit_indexing

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2025-05-02

Interactions and External Dependencies

  - This extension provides API support for `GL_EXT_shader_64bit_indexing`

Contributors

  - Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA

## Description

This extension relaxes the maxStorageBufferRange limit, allowing more than 4GB to be accessed through a buffer binding (or through a buffer device address). It adds pipeline and shader creation flags that request 64-bit addressing support, and defines which addressing calculations use 64 bits of range.

## New Structures

- Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:

  - VkPhysicalDeviceShader64BitIndexingFeaturesEXT

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_EXT_SHADER_64BIT_INDEXING_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_EXT_SHADER_64BIT_INDEXING_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkPipelineCreateFlagBits2:

  - VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_2_64_BIT_INDEXING_BIT_EXT

- Extending VkShaderCreateFlagBitsEXT:

  - VK_SHADER_CREATE_64_BIT_INDEXING_BIT_EXT

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_64_BIT_INDEXING_FEATURES_EXT

## Issues

## Version History

- Revision 1, 2025-05-02 (Jeff Bolz)

  - Initial revisions

## See Also

No cross-references are available

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

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## Copyright

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