S3 veröffentlicht Details zum DeltaChrome-Grafikchip

Pressemitteilung S3 Graphics Launches All New DeltaChrome with Dazzling Hi-Def Graphics and Video with Microsoft DirectX 9.0 and HLSL support Feature packed DeltaChrome™ display core boasts DirectX™ 9.0 hardware, powerful V8™ 3D architecture, revolutionary Chromotion™ programmable video engine technology and the industry's first fully integrated Hi-Def™ HDTV encoder. S3 Graphics Inc., a leading supplier to the 3D graphics accelerator market, revealed details today of the completely new DeltaChrome™ display core featuring full hardware support for the newly released Microsoft® DirectX 9.0 application interface using Microsoft's HLSL (high level shader language). Targeted squarely at the top position in mobile and desktop graphics with high resolution connectivity for consumer and professional requirements, DeltaChrome brings exciting new features and unparalleled Hi-Def image quality and performance for 3D and video. “Microsoft DirectX 9.0 and HLSL are the new industry standards for Windows-based games development and are fully supported by the innovative DeltaChrome mobile and desktop graphics processors from S3 Graphics and VIA,” said Dean Lester, General Manager of Windows Graphics and Gaming Technologies at Microsoft Corporation. “This will enable the rapid creation of breakthrough games utilizing DeltaChrome's high-resolution movie-quality graphics and video by the world's leading ISVs.” “With DeltaChrome, we have generated a new paradigm in the graphics industry above and beyond just 3D, placing S3 Graphics ahead of the game. By combining high performance 3D graphics with film-like video quality and high definition output, we provide much more than expected in this competitive market,” commented Dr. Gerry Liu, Vice President of Marketing, S3 Graphics, Inc. Highlights of the DeltaChrome display core include the V8 8-pixel pipeline 3D engine running at a blistering 2.4 Giga-pixels per second fill rate, hardware implementation of DirectX 9.0 and beyond (Pixel/Vertex shader 2.0+), Advanced Deferred Rendering™ and the powerful and flexible Chromotion programmable video engine with ingenious post processing capabilities. Also integrated into the DeltaChrome is the Hi-Def video encoder that can support up to 1080 lines of resolution in progressive mode. “It's great to see S3 Graphics coming back to the performance 3D market,” said Dr. Jon Peddie, President of Jon Peddie Research, the leading market research firm in graphics and multimedia. “The new DeltaChrome display core should give consumers and professionals all the performance and other exciting features that they are looking for…and I especially like the built-in HDTV functionality.”