S3 Graphics today announced the S3 Graphics Chrome 400 Series discrete graphics processors, designed to provide the latest gaming experience coupled with HD content playback.
Using low power 65nm process technology, S3 Graphics Chrome 400 Series processors will support the latest Microsoft DirectX10.1 game engine and the PCI Express 2.0 bus technology.
Thin and light notebooks and small form factor desktop PCs ar chip, which also supports the latest in display connectivity.
The chip's ChromotionHD 2.0 programmable video architecture offers true HD quality 1080p playback for Blu-ray and HD-DVD content, supporting the latest HD standards including H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, VC-1, WMV-HD, and AVS.
The first GPUs of the S3 Graphics Chrome 400 Series will be available in late February 2008.