Isolating GPU Access in Its Own Process

Explore the concept of isolating GPU access in a separate process, as implemented in Chromium's architecture, in this 35-minute conference talk by Patricia Aas. Delve into the key motivations behind this approach, including security, robustness, and dependency separation. Learn about the efficient IPC framework required for communication between processes and the composition of surfaces. Gain insights into Chromium's solution for the IPC framework and witness a demonstration of how a multi-process program can compose into a single window on Linux. Understand the implications and benefits of this architectural design for modern web browsers and other complex software systems.

Isolating GPU access in its own process - Patricia Aas