CS07 Chromatic Research Mpact
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This item is from the PC 3D Graphics Accelerators FAQ, by Blair MacIntyre with numerous contributions by others. (v1.2).
CS07 Chromatic Research Mpact
The information I currently have is from the Mpact home page at http://www.mpact.com/
The Mpact media engine offers the complete multimedia solution for your PC. For more information, go to their home page for complete technical specs and white papers.
* Vector processor optimized for video, graphics, audio and
communications processing
* VLIW architecture with single instruction multiple data (SIMD)
* High performance (up to 2 billion operations/sec) for concurrent
multimedia functions
* PCI host interface with bus mastering capabilities
* Interfaces to popular RAMDACs, video decoders and encoders, and audio
and modem codecs
* Interfaces to Rambus RDRAM; optimized for full operation with 2MB to
4MB
* Loadable Mpact mediaware modules enable functions such as:
o Video playback processing with color space conversion, scaling/
interpolation, overlay and compositing
o MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, audio and system decoding
o Real-time MPEG-1 video, audio and system encoding
o JPEG encoding and decoding
o Windows GUI acceleration (of all 256 ROPS)
o Graphics output supporting display modes up to 1280 x 1024 x 18bpp
at 75Hz
o 3D graphics rendering with full shading, lighting, texture mapping
and anti-aliasing support
o Industry-standard sound card compatible audio (including FM
synthesis and general MIDI)
o Dolby AC-3 and MPEG audio; wavetable audio synthesis and waveguide
physical modeling audio synthesis; 3D sound and effects
o Modem and FAX communications up to 28,800 baud with telephony
features such as speakerphone and simultaneous voice and data
communications
o H.320 and H.324 video conferencing
* Optimized real-time multitasking kernel executes multiple Mpact
mediaware modules concurrently
Contact Information: Chromatic Research, Inc. 800A East Middlefield Road Mountain View, CA 94043-4030 415-254-1600 email: info@mpact.com
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