WorkerNavigator: gpu property

Secure contextAvailable in workers

The gpu read-only property of the WorkerNavigator interface returns the GPU object for the current worker context, which is the entry point for the WebGPU API.

Value

A GPU object.

Examples

// Can be run inside a web worker
async function init() {
  if (!navigator.gpu) {
    throw Error("WebGPU not supported.");
  }

  const adapter = await navigator.gpu.requestAdapter();
  if (!adapter) {
    throw Error("Couldn't request WebGPU adapter.");
  }

  const device = await adapter.requestDevice();

  // …
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• WebGPU API