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Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

It seems a recent trademark request from 'The Khronos Group Inc.' includes a new API named ‘VULKAN’.You can see the full listing here , and it is described as this:Not the best timing considering our beloved actor Leonard Nimoy recently passed away, who was known for being a 'Vulcan' named Spock (amongst many other things). It would have been nice if it was a tribute, but it was filed before the reports of his passing.A name doesn't mean all that much, so we will hopefully see some demonstrations of it next week at GDC. If this is the new official name, I approve.