S3 Graphics Chrome9TM HC integrated graphics processor (IGP) featuring a DirectX® 9.0 3D accelerator for high performance and a 2D accelerator for productivity applications.
The 3D graphics engine of the Chrome9 HC offers the industry's only simultaneous usage of single-pass multitexturing and single-cycle trilinear filtering. This provides stunning image quality without performance loss. The integrated video accelerator also offloads the CPU during MPEG playback.
The Chromotion CE Video Display Engine employs a multi-faceted approach to displaying multimedia content, implementing a number of advanced tools at every stage of video processing. These include integrated MPEG-2 decoding, for flawless digital video playback with ultra-low CPU-utilization, and advanced rendering tools such as Adaptive De-Interlacing and Video Deblocking, which ensure clearer playback of digital content on all display devices such as CRT, LCD, standard definition TV and HDTV up to 1080p resolution.
S3 Graphics Chrome9™ IGP DirectX 9.0 Graphics Core
The 128-bit 2D graphics engine enables acceleration of high quality graphics features, allowing all productivity applications to run with the best appearance possible while not sacrificing system performance. The 128-bit 3D graphics engines features dual pixel rendering pipes for advanced 3D rendering, and is capable of two textures per pass with a triangle rate up to 4.5 million triangles per second, a pixel rate up to 200 million pixels per second, and a texel bilinear fill rate up to 400 million texels per second.
The S3 Graphics Chrome9 HC IGP graphics core also integrates the Chromotion 3.0 Video Display Engine featuring MPEG-2 decoding acceleration, adaptive de-interlacing, video deblocking, and a comprehensive range of hi-def output support.
Extensive Display support
With support for S3 Graphics DuoView+™ capability, the S3 Graphics Chrome9 supports multi-monitor and extended desktop. This includes a dedicated CRT displayer interface, supporting up to 1920x1440. The CN896 also supports a two Digital Video ports supporting DVI/LVDS transmitter (VT1632A/VT1636) and TV encoder (VT1622A/VT1625).