Vivante Corporation Joins Futuremark's 3DMark and Handheld Benchmark Development Programs

Vivante Corporation Joins Futuremark's 3DMark and Handheld Benchmark Development Programs Low-power graphics and multimedia IC startup joins established industry leaders with strategic interest in 3D graphics performance on handheld devices and PCs San Diego, California (Siggraph) – August 6, 2007 – Futuremark Corporation, the world’s leading developer of performance-analysis software and services for smartphones, handheld devices and PCs, announced today that Sunnyvale, California based Vivante Corporation has joined both its 3DMark and Handheld Benchmark Development Programs (BDP). Vivante Corporation is a privately held fabless semiconductor company, specializing in the design and development of low-power graphics and multimedia ICs for next generation portables and handheld devices. Start-up Vivante Corporation recently announced their silicon proven low power GPU architecture. Vivante GPU cores are being designed into 65nm SoC’s in multiple mobile applications. Vivante is a Khronos™ contributing Member Company, and listed by Khronos as an OpenGL® ES Adopters with OpenGL ES conformant products in development. Oliver Baltuch, President, Futuremark Inc. said "Vivante is developing low power graphics processors that have broad potential for success in the marketplace. Typically handheld power limitations serve as a stark contrast to dynamic 3D graphics performance and rich multimedia applications. Combining next generation graphics on a ...