WebGPU finally lands — what to actually build
WebGPU shipped in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari by late 2025. Now what. Browser-side ML inference is the killer app.
WebGPU is the successor to WebGL. Modern compute and graphics in the browser, 3-10x faster than WebGL for compute.
Most exciting: ML inference in the browser. Whisper-tiny runs at near-native speed. Stable Diffusion 1.5 generates an image in 8 seconds on M1.
For non-ML: heavy 3D scenes (24+ FPS where WebGL chokes), GPU-accelerated data processing.
Caveat: still 200KB+ shaders, browser API verbose. Use a wrapper like Three.js r170 or write directly only if you really need control.