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3Dlabs Introduces Breakthrough
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Posted by: Tweaker
3Dlabs®, Inc. Ltd. (NASDAQ:TDDD) today announced a ground-breaking “Visual Processing Architecture” that combines the architectural strengths and programmability of general-purpose CPUs with extreme levels of hardware parallelism. This architecture, which has been in development for the past two years and has significant patents pending, enables advanced software rendering techniques to be accelerated in real time to produce interactive imagery with stunning levels of realism. 3Dlabs expects to ship board-level products based on the first Visual Processing Unit (VPU), a chip codenamed the P10, during the third quarter of 2002.
“3Dlabs is changing the rules of the graphics industry with its Visual Processing Architecture. VPUs are capable of accelerating algorithms that are simply not executable on traditional graphics GPUs,” said Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Research, a leading graphics and multimedia consultancy. “3Dlabs will be able to use the flexibility of the P10 VPU to not only deliver a compelling product that competes head-to-head with existing graphics boards, but also to fundamentally change what people expect from graphics hardware.”
3Dlabs intends to use the highly scalable Visual Processing Architecture in a variety of VPUs that are ideally suited to a range of market segments.
Professional workstation graphics users are expected to have access to Visual Processing accelerators that offer impressive OpenGL® workstation application performance at very affordable prices.
Gaming enthusiasts are anticipated to find VPU versions that lead in next-generation DirectX shader performance, enhancing this Christmas season's must-have titles. Digital photographers and video editors are expected to use VPU-enabled boards to accelerate the latest Adobe® Photoshop® filters and Premiere® effects.
Article here
Source: 3d Labs
Posted by: SKYHN
Holy...
I found some tech specs on this thing:
http://www.vr-zone.com/#2333
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
Creative Labs baught them out so their driver support will probably turn to shit.
Posted by: Null Actor
creative labs bought 3d labs?? When did that happen?
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-898526.html?tag=fd_top
Posted by: Null Actor
Damn.
Well, I wouldn't hold that against them just yet. 3dlabs is a complete company, and have their own staff. With creative's money behind them, I hope for great things.
Posted by: tkron
Skhyn only problem is they compare themselves to the GF4 MX series instead of to the Ti series in the charc they provide, on the other chart they do not specify which GF4's they are comparing too
the second chart compares
Product Name Xabre Lite, Xabre Real, Xabre PRO, and Xabre Ultra
versus
GeForce4 MX420, GeForce4 MX440, GeForce4 MX460
not really a fair comparison
Posted by: Swilo
Yeah, that's basically like saying their cards are as good as a GF2.
Wow, you can top 2 year old technology, GO SIS!
*spits on SiS's burning grave*
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
Supposedly Matrox has something up their sleeve. I hope so. Their cards make nVidia graphics look like ass as far as image quality goes.
http://www.icrontic.com/index.php?p...s&articleId=194
Posted by: Outlaw
Matrox's graphics are better.
ATI's cards are faster.
nVidia's drivers suck.
Interesting...
Posted by: SKYHN
Tkron, you read the article I linked wrong. That part with the GF4 MX's has nothing to do with the P10. Thats a seperate article for some crappy Sis GPU's.
That site puts all their stuff mashed on one page. Look at the table and the list right above that Sis Chart. Thats what im talking about.
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