S3 Graphics has just pulled back the curtains on its newest series of graphics chips, the Chrome S20 family. S3 turned to a new foundry partner, Fujitsu, to produce these chips, as we reported yesterday. Fujitsu manufactures the GPUs using a low-K, 90nm fab process, and S3 claims this advanced fabrication process, along with S3's own Power Wise power management techniques brought over from its mobile products, has helped the Chrome S20 series achieve killer performance per watt.
The S20 series is made of up two variants, Chrome S25 and Chrome S27. From the looks of it, the S25 and S27 are probably the same basic silicon spun out into separate products for different markets.
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Nov 3, 2005, 09:09 PM
