VIA PM800 and PM880 IGP Chipsets
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Delivering the Hi-Def
Visual Experience
Technology Brief
VIA Technologies, Inc.
February 20042
VIA PM800/PM880
Delivering the Hi-Def Visual Experience
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................... 3
VIA PM800 and VIA PM880 Core Logic Overview........................................... 5
Advanced Memory Controller........................................................................5
High Performance CPU Interface...................................................................5
AGP 8X.....................................................................................................5
1GB/sec Ultra V-Link Chipset Interconnect.....................................................5
V-Map Modular Architecture.........................................................................6
VIA VT8237 South Bridge............................................................................ 8
VIA Drive Station Controller Suite.................................................................8
VIA Vinyl Multichannel Audio Suite................................................................9
VIA Advanced Connectivity Suite..................................................................9
S3 Graphics UniChrome? Pro IGP Graphics Core ......................................... 10
2D/3D Engine............................................................................................ 10
2D Acceleration.........................................................................................10
3D Acceleration.........................................................................................11
Additional Gaming Features ...................................................................... 11
S3ConfigD3D Direct3D Configuration Utility...................................................11
Refresh Rate Override................................................................................12
Chromotion CE Video Display Engine............................................................ 13
Decoding: Flawless DVD Playback............................................................ 13
DVD Performance......................................................................................13
Rendering: Delivering Digital Content...................................................... 14
Adaptive De-Interlace Technique.................................................................14
Hardware Video De-blocking Filter ...............................................................16
Outputs: Delivering the Hi-Def Visual Experience...................................... 17
HDTV Support...........................................................................................17
Scanning: Interlaced vs. Progressive............................................................19
“Super” HDTV 1080p Format.......................................................................19
Advanced Support for Standard Televisions...................................................20
TV Flicker Filter.........................................................................................20
TV Display Scaling (Overscan/Underscan).....................................................21
TV Position and Color Adjustment Control .....................................................21
DuoView ..................................................................................................22
Hardware DuoRotate..................................................................................23
S3Gamma Plus..........................................................................................25
Media Center Features ...............................................................................25
Conclusion: A New Class of IGP Chipset....................................................... 26
Appendices
Appendix 1: 2D Performance Benchmarks .........................................................27
Appendix 2: 3D Performance Benchmarks .........................................................29
Appendix 3: VIA IGP Chipset Comparison Table..................................................31
Appendix 4: IGP Chipsets Comparison Table......................................................32
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Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owner.3
VIA PM800/PM880
Delivering the Hi-Def Visual Experience
Introduction
There is a rapid change under way in PC usage, as more people are turning to their
PCs and notebooks for entertainment, such as watching movies, streaming video and
for displaying on larger and ever higher quality television sets. With the focus
increasingly on playing and managing digital media, the PC industry is being
compelled to develop products that more closely meet user demands for a better,
richer entertainment experience. In particular, the overall visual experience needs to
be enhanced at all levels, for powerful new Media Center PCs and small form factor
home entertainment systems alike, as well as for traditional mainstream desktop PCs
and notebooks.
This means that not only must a PC be able to play DVDs, but it also must be able to
process both Standard and High Definition digital TV signals, Internet video streams,
and the wealth of video content available that is specifically for the PC, such as
Microsoft? WMV HD or DIVx. Furthermore, the PC must be able to support the latest
HDTV formats and displays.
To meet these demands, Integrated Graphics Processors (IGP) need to move beyond
delivering excellent 2D and 3D graphics capabilities for everyday productivity
applications and gaming for mainstream PCs, and add a third dimension that enables a
stunning high definition visual experience, not only through CRT and LCD monitors but
also via television sets right up to next generation HDTVs.
As the first IGP chipsets to introduce a feature set aimed specifically at delivering an
unprecedented Hi-Def? Visual Experience to the Intel? Pentium? 4 processor
platform, the VIA PM800 and VIA PM880 chipsets rise to this challenge by enriching
digital media consumption and offering support for the very highest definition digital
TV standards to meet the requirements of the rapidly emerging markets for HDTV-
ready Media Center PCs.
To enable this high definition support, the VIA PM800 and PM880 IGP chipsets
comprise two principal hardware sectors: VIA’s core logic technology and the S3
Graphics UniChrome IGP graphics core.
The core logic integrates all the key functions of a performance chipset North Bridge,
including the memory controller, the front side bus, and the graphics interface, and
paired with the leading VIA VT8237 South Bridge provides a comprehensive storage,
connectivity and multimedia feature set.
The new S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro IGP graphics core (“UniChrome Pro”)
provides the graphics and display performance features required by today’s and
tomorrow’s entertainment-oriented PC systems, comprising:
? A robust 2D/3D graphics engine that takes graphics data and turns it into
2D or 3D images, and
? The Chromotion CE Video Display Engine that raises the bar for digital
entertainment for all manner of PC systems.
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Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owner.4

VIA PM880和PM800 (I/G)芯片組是由臺(tái)灣 VIA Technologies, Inc.（威盛科技）公司研發(fā)的高性能主板控制芯片。這兩款芯片組主要用于計(jì)算機(jī)主板上，提供對(duì)處理器（如Intel或AMD）的支持，以及集成圖形處理、網(wǎng)絡(luò)通信、存儲(chǔ)控制器等多種功能。 "PM880"通常指的是適用于更高端市場(chǎng)的芯片組，可能包含更先進(jìn)的圖形處理單元(GPU)，支持DirectX 9或更高版本的游戲及高清視頻解碼，同時(shí)具備PCIe 2.0等高速接口，以滿足多媒體應(yīng)用和多任務(wù)處理的需求。 而"PM800 (I/G)"則可能代表一個(gè)基礎(chǔ)型號(hào)或者中端市場(chǎng)的產(chǎn)品線，其中"I"可能代表整合(Integrated)了圖形核心，意味著它將GPU的功能集成在一塊芯片上，簡(jiǎn)化了PCB設(shè)計(jì)；"G"可能是Graphics的縮寫，進(jìn)一步強(qiáng)調(diào)其具備基本的圖形處理能力，但可能不如同級(jí)別PM880那樣強(qiáng)大。 總體來說，這兩款芯片組是為不同性能需求和預(yù)算定位的主板提供技術(shù)支撐，用戶可以根據(jù)自身項(xiàng)目或設(shè)備的具體要求來選擇適合的芯片組產(chǎn)品。