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CES 2007: S3 Graphics demonstrating support for HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc content playback

Press release, January 9; Rodney Chan, DIGITIMES Asia 0

S3 Graphics, a VIA Technologies joint-venture company, is demonstrating support for HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc titles on its Chrome S27 graphics cards in Las Vegas during the 2007 International CES.

Manufactured using the latest 90nm technology from Fujitsu, the S3 Graphics Chrome S27 graphics processors feature support for DDR2 and DDR3 memory, and a PCI Express x16 interface. The chips also featuring a DirectX 9.0 graphics engine, that consists of 4 vertex shader units and 8 pixel shader units, translating into 5.6 billion pixel shader operations per second.