The visual and performance requirements of notebook PCs are beginning to rival the traditional desktop PC as users are on-the-go and notebook performance provides enough computing power to perform as desktop replacements. S3 Graphics brings users uncompromised quality, power, and performance to meet the demanding needs of consumer and corporate customers for multimedia applications, productivity software, or Blu-ray™ playback.

Once only available on desktop computers because of the high computing demand of the latest 3D and HD video technologies, S3 Graphics has ensured broad market adoption of the latest technologies with the introduction of the Chrome 440 ULP.

The graphics core of the Chrome 440 ULP GPU is a high speed version of the Chrome 400 architecture supporting real-life rendering and automatic color correction for life-like visualization of vivid 3D graphics and images for an enhanced game experience and 3D application look-and-feel.

The S3 Graphics Chrome 440 ULP features:

• Movie-going experience packed into a power efficient GPU complete with video and audio support native to the GPU
• Multiple digital display interfaces for the latest HDMI, DVI, and DisplayPort HDTVs, projectors, and monitors 
• Dual-stream, Picture-in-Picture (PiP) Blu-ray support with advanced rendering options for Blu-ray Live
• DX10.x game play on the latest titles
• A new Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 graphics engine that delivers up to 70% faster performance than the previous generation of ULP GPU products
• Enhanced memory architecture and compression techniques to support the latest high speed grade GDDR3 memories for efficient memory data transfers