Tag archive: applications programming interface

The move brings Microsoft's DirectX graphics applications programming interface from the PC to the XBox for the first time, essentially letting game developers write one title that can be used on PCsand XBox machines. The move could help attract more game developers to the XBox where it currently lags in number of titles behind Sony Corp.'s Playstation and Nintendo's Gamecube. “This is how Microsoft gets bigger [in… Read More

ATI (Markham, Ontario) leapfrogged market leader Nvidia (Santa Clara, Calif.) last August when it announced its 150-nm-based Radeon 9700, six months before Nvidia was ready to ship its top of the line GeForce FX made in a 130-nm process. Now both companies are rolling out a family of products based on those cores and made in 130-nm and 150-nm processes. “By the end of May or June we think we will have more 130-nm products into the… Read More