IE9 to use GPU acceleration to speed up rendering

Posted on Thursday, November 19 2009 @ 18:59 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Yesterday we heard Microsoft is focusing to make Internet Explorer 9's JavaScript performance at least as fast as the Chrome and Safari renderer, and today I spotted some more news from the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference over at TechSpot.

Steven Sinofky, president of Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live division, revealed the new browser will take advantage of GPGPU computing to accelerate text and graphics rendering. He demonstrated this new feature in Bing Maps, enabling the feature boosted performance from around 14FPS to up to 60FPS.

The software giant also promises improved interoperability and standards support in IE9, including HTML 5 and CSS3 support.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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Re: IE9 to use GPU acceleration to speed up rendering
by Anonymous on Friday, November 20 2009 @ 1:43 CET

Finally. It's take too many years to get this feature into browsers.

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