Apple, Dell and Google Join Khronos Group

Iria · Aug 3, 2006, 06:28 AM

Source: DailyTech
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This week, Apple, Dell and Google have all joined the Khronos Group, the organization that develops and oversees the OpenGL graphics standard. The group has been focusing a great deal on bringing OpenGL graphics to the mobile space and developing an API suitable for such devices as handhelds. While OpenGL is used in a wide variety of scenarios, the most interesting development mentioned on Khronos' website is the mobile phone. According to Khronos:

This significant growth in membership, together with the announcement made today that the OpenGL ARB has voted to bring control of the OpenGL standard under Khronos, reinforces Khronos’ position as the preeminent body creating open, royalty-free standards for the authoring and acceleration of dynamic media on a wide variety of platforms. Khronos has extensive membership from all aspects of the industry including CPU and media silicon providers, operating system vendors, system and handset OEMS, middleware vendors, games and application developers and wireless carriers.

Aug 3, 2006, 06:28 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Apple, Dell and Google Join Khronos Group Source: DailyTech __________ This week, Apple, Dell and Google have all joined the Khronos Group, the organization that develops and oversees the OpenGL graphics standard. The group has been focusing a great deal on bringing OpenGL graphics to the mobile space and developing an API suitable for such devices as handhelds. While OpenGL is used in a wide variety of scenarios, the most interesting development mentioned on Khronos' website is the mobile phone. According to Khronos: This significant growth in membership, together with the announcement made today that the OpenGL ARB has voted to bring control of the OpenGL standard under Khronos, reinforces Khronos’ position as the preeminent body creating open, royalty-free standards for the authoring and acceleration of dynamic media on a wide variety of platforms. Khronos has extensive membership from all aspects of the industry including CPU and media silicon providers, operating system vendors, system and handset OEMS, middleware vendors, games and application developers and wireless carriers.