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Intel To Integrate DirectX 11 In Ivy Bridge Chips

Posted by kdawson on from the keeping-up-with-the-jonses dept.

angry tapir writes "Intel will integrate DirectX 11 graphics technology in its next generation of laptop and desktop chips based on the Ivy Bridge architecture, a company executive revealed at CES. AMD has already implemented DirectX 11 in its Fusion low-power chips. Intel expects to start shipping Ivy Bridge chips with DirectX 11 support to PC makers late this year. Ivy Bridge will succeed the recently announced Core i3, i5, and i7 chips, which are based on Intel's Sandy Bridge microarchitecture."

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  1. also includes DRM ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    does it still contain the DRM restrictions capability ?,

    because Intel can forget all about CPU sales from us and from any of our customers until its removed

    i dont care if it promises a free pony
    contains DRM==No sale

    period

    1. Re:also includes DRM ? by supersloshy · · Score: 5, Informative

      What the heck are you babbling about? Do you have the slightest idea?

      I believe he's babbling about this. Sandy Bridge will have DRM in it (though they don't call it that for some weird reason), and Sandy Bridge is directly related to Ivy Bridge, so therefore it could possibly inherit the DRM features of Sandy Bridge.

      Disclaimer: I am a total n00b when it comes to discussing processor architectures, so I could be wrong about something.

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  2. Other OSes ? by SirGeek · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Will Intel provide documentation so that other OSes will be able to make use of this feature ?

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    1. Re:Other OSes ? by kyz · · Score: 5, Informative

      Better than that. In OpenGL, you say "give me this vendor-specific feature" you get it. Programmers have used this to get at the latest features of chipsets long before they're standardized.

      OpenGL programmers are always ahead of DirectX, even in this case where the hardware directly targets future DirectX specs.

      It's like using -moz-border-radius, -webkit-border-radius and -khtml-border-radius to get CSS3 rounded borders long before CSS3 is officially released, and yet CSS3 won't be beholden to any one browser's implementation.

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  3. But will it improve Minecraft's graphics? by digitaldc · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's what I am worried about, I want my Minecraft landscapes to be rendered better.

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