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S3 Jumps On GPGPU Bandwagon

Posted by Soulskill on from the trying-to-get-their-groove-back dept.

arcticstoat writes "It's sometimes easy to forget that the PC graphics market isn't owned by ATI and Nvidia, and the company that first gave us 3D acceleration, S3, is very much still around. So much so, in fact, that it's now even developed its own GPGPU technology. S3 claims that its Chrome 400 chips can accelerate gaming physics, HD video transcoding/encoding and photo enhancement. To demonstrate the latter, S3 has released a free download called S3FotoPro, which enhances color clarity and reduces haze in photos. However, the company hasn't yet revealed whether it plans to support OpenCL in the future." The Tech Report also points out that this could allow S3's parent company, VIA, to compete with Intel and AMD in graphics processing technology.

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  1. not the first time we hear that S3 can compete... by squisher · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is definitely not the first time in recent years that we hear S3 can compete with ATI and Nvidia again. As much as I'd like to see that, I certainly won't believe it until I see some decent independent benchmarks.

  2. what by Brian+Gordon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How is enhancing photos the business of a video card? That can be done in software at a perfectly acceptable speed without hardware acceleration.

  3. Re:Easy to forget by binarylarry · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yep, Intel has like 60% market share.

    And they have the worse performance.

    Sounds like a perfect take over target for good old Microsoft, if I ever saw one.

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