luma.gl/docs/api-guide/resources.md

GPU Resources

GPU resources come in a few different flavors

• Resources that represent actual memory uploaded to the GPU are Buffer and Texture.
• Resources that hold executable GPU code, such as Shader, Renderpipeline and ComputePipeline.
• Other GPU resources tend to hold validated settings or state (usually these are GPU driver objects rather)

Creating GPU Resources

The Device class provides methods for creating GPU resources

luma.gl provides a consistent API

Resource creation method	Description
`device.createBuffer(props: BufferProps	ArrayBuffer
`device.createTexture(props: TextureProps	Promise
device.createSampler(props: SamplerProps): Sampler	Create a Sampler.
device.createFramebuffer(props: FramebufferProps): Framebuffer	Create a Framebuffer.
device.createShader(props: ShaderProps): Shader	Create a Shader.
device.createRenderPipeline(props: RenderPipelineProps): RenderPipeline	Create a RenderPipeline (aka program)
device.createComputePipeline(props: ComputePipelineProps): ComputePipeline	Create a ComputePipeline (aka program)
beginRenderPass(props: RenderPassProps): RenderPass	Create a RenderPass.
beginComputePass(props?: ComputePassProps): ComputePass	Create a ComputePass which can be used to bind data and run compute operations using compute pipelines.
getDefaultRenderPass(): RenderPass	A default RenderPass is provided for applications that don't need to create multiple or specially configured render passes.