S3 S18 Chip Details
| Main Chip Details | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | S3 |
| Process | 130nm |
| Foundry | TSMC |
| Transistor Count | M |
| Die Size | 121mm² 11mm x 11mm |
| Chip Package | Flipchip |
| Memory Bus | |
|---|---|
| Bus Width | 128-bit |
| Memory Channels | 2 x 64-bit |
| Memory Type Support | DDR |
| Geometry Pipeline | |
|---|---|
| Geometry Processing | VS2.0 |
| Processor Configuration | 4 Vertex Shader |
| Rasteriser | |
|---|---|
| Basic Pipeline Config |
4 / 4 / 4 Textures / Pixels / Z |
| Textures Per Pass | 16 |
| Basis Filtering | Bilinear |
| Texture Filtering Methods | Bilinear, Fast Trilinear, Trilinear, 16X Anisotropic |
| Texture Compression | DXTC (1-5) / S3TC |
| Fragment Processing | PS2.0 |
| Fragment Processing Precision | FP24 |
| Fragment Processors | |
| FSAA | |
|---|---|
| FSAA Support | SuperSampling |
| ROP Subsamples | 1 |
| Subsampling Method | Rotated Grid |
| Further Details | |
|---|---|
| API Compliance | DX9.0 |
| System Interconnect | PCI Express x16 |
| Display Pipeline | Dual 10-bit, 400MHz RAMDAC's; Dual Channel 165MHz TMDS Transmitter; TV/HDTV Output |
| Multi GPU Support | |
Notes
S3 S18-based Boards
S3 GammaChrome S18 Nitro 256MiBS3 GammaChrome S18 PRO 256MiB
S3 GammaChrome S18 CE 128MiB