| PCI Express™ |
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Dynamic lane (16x/8x/4x/1x) switching support for flexible speed configuration and power management
Compliant with PCIe Mobile Graphics Low-Power Addendum
Independent DMA bus master to and from host memory
ChroMATTM virtual graphics memory address translation |
| Vertex Shader 2.0+ and Pixel Shader 2.0+ |
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128-bit (4xFP32) vertex precision and 96-bit (4xFP24) pixel precision per clock
Shadow Volume acceleration with two-sided stencil
Non-power of 2 textures
High accuracy floating point render targets for cinematic quality image rendering
High quality advanced 16x anisotropic filtering
High quality rotated grid full screen anti-aliasing with 4x super-sampling up to 1600x1200
Volume and cube maps for photo-realistic reflections
High Performance Fast Tri-Linear filtering |
| Crisp Rendering |
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Fast Clear Technology – ultra fast clear
Optimized Z-buffer write and read
Hardware Shadow map |
| Full Precision Pixel Pipeline |
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Full floating point precision ALU for single clock execution per pipeline for PS 2.0+ operations
Unified superwide pipeline for seamless 2D/3D/Video context switching
Optimized advanced shading dependency read pipelines
Programmable render target blending
Programmable depth shader |
| Chromotion 3.0 Programmable Video Engine |
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IDCT hardware and MPEG-2 HD Motion compensation
Per pixel adaptive de-interlacing
Windows Media Video 9 HD (WMV9-HD) hardware acceleration
4x4 programmable kernel filter video scaling
Microsoft Video Mixing Renderer (VMR) support
ArtisticLicense real-time video effects |
| GDDR3/GDDR2/GDDR1 Memory Interface |
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128/64/32-bit memory bus
256/128/64/32 MB local video memory w/ GDDR3/GDDR1
512/256/128/64 MB local video memory w/ GDDR2
Peak memory bandwidth up to 22.4 GB/s @ 700MHz (max –GDDR3)
Peak memory bandwidth up to 16 GB/s @ 500MHz (max – GDDR2)
Dynamic CKE controlled power management
Support for "termination free" low cost board designs |
| AcceleRAM Technology |
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Share system main memory as part of local video memory over high speed PCIe bus
128/64/32MB at 64/32bit using GDDR3
128/64MB at 64/32bit using GDDR2
128/64/32MB at 64/32bit using GDDR1 |
| Duo-Rotate™ |
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Hardware acceleration for display rotation (90°, 180°, 270°)
Displays can be independently rotated
Rotation acceleration for 3D, 2D, & media playback |
| MultiChrome™ Technology |
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Allows the use of two GPUs to accelerate game performance in AFR (alternate frame rendering) and SFR (spit frame rendering) modes. Will be automatically selected to achieve highest performance
No board-to-board connectors or cables
Supports any platform that physically has dual x16 PCIe slots
Low power design does not require power supply upgrades |
| Advanced Display Features |
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Internal/External Single/Dual-link DVI™ Tx support
Single/Dual-DVI support
Integrated HDCP™ support
Independent display support (DuoView)
First class utilities with S3 ScreenToysTM |
| Integrated Hi-Def HDTV & Standard TV Encoder |
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Comprehensive support for all 18 DTV ATSC and DVB standards, including 1080p
Component (YPbPr) output
4:4:4 conversion with 10 bit DAC resolution
ChromoVision™ full screen video on secondary HDTV / TV
All NTSC/PAL standard TV output formats (S-video & composite)
Macrovision compliant and CGMS-A support
Flicker filter with programmable coefficients
Vertical over/under-scan compensation
Non-linear scaling: for panorama 16:9 viewing on HDTV
ChromoColor™, including full range RGB to YUV color space conversion with Hue, Saturation, Brightness, and Contrast adjustment
Smooth vertical over-scan compensation with programmable contraction factors |
| High Speed Video Input Port: CCIR-656, VIP port |
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High speed digital video input port
Compatibility with latest video decoder devices |
| High Speed Digital Audio Port: I 2S Bus |
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High speed digital audio port
Enables Microsoft MCE-compliant synchronized audio and video host-based capture and compression
Compatible with A/V decoders from major vendors |
| Highly Integrated Mobile Features (Chrome XM27/25) |
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Very compact 31mm x 35mm multi-package module, supporting either 128MB/64bit or 64MB/64bit GDDR3 memory on a single substrate
2 channel LVDS transmitter for LCD panels up to 2048x1536
S3PowerWise Architecture technology with aggressive dynamic system and sub-system power minimization techniques
Dynamic clock gating for major functional blocks
Pulse width modulation for panel lighting control
High quality bi-linear LCD PanelSharp Expansion
ULP - Ultra low power versions available |
| High Performance 400MHz 10-bit CRT DAC |
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1+ billion colors (Giga-Palette)
2048x1536 QXGA (3.1M) display resolution capable
Excellent INL/DNL characteristics (+/- 1 LSB)
High precision Gamma control
Dual mode compatible |
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S3 Graphics’ Chrome 20 Series are high performance 3D graphics and video processors that provide PCI Express™ compatible hardware acceleration for Microsoft®'s DirectX™ 9.0c Shaders. Combining HDTV Hi-Def™ display capabilities and the advanced Chromotion™ 3.0 Programmable Video Engine, the Chrome 20 Series brings stunning image quality, incredible 3D graphics performance, and tremendous flexibility. A wide range of feature rich products for desktop and mobile applications offers a perfect balance of performance, power, and value. The unified driver support and commercial grade drivers remain true to S3 Graphics’ reputation for reliable, high quality graphics solutions.