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Intel® Embedded Graphics Drivers
For Embedded Intel® Architecture-Based Chipsets
 
Intel® Embedded Graphics Drivers specifically target the needs of embedded platform developers, offering a robust alternative to drivers designed for the desktop and mobile market segments. With a flexible architecture extending to the video BIOS, this driver set facilitates rapid customer time-to-market by allowing OEMs and system integrators to customize their configurations in-house, while maintaining a competitive performance profile.
Intel Embedded Graphics Drivers have been validated on specific Linux* and Microsoft Windows* operating systems and support a variety of operating systems on the following Embedded Intel® architecture-based chipsets:
  • Intel® Q35 Express Chipset (2D only)
  • Mobile Intel® GME965 Express Chipset
  • Intel® Q965 Express Chipset
  • Mobile Intel® 945GME Express Chipset
  • Intel® 945G Express Chipset
  • Mobile Intel® 915GME Express Chipset
  • Mobile Intel® 910GMLE Express Chipset
  • Intel® 915GV Express Chipset
  • Intel® 855GME chipset
  • Intel® 852GME chipset
  • Intel® 852GM chipset
 
  
 
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Embedded Intel® Chipsets
 
 
Intel® Dynamic Display Configuration Technology
 
This new technology from Intel allows embedded customers to expand usage models beyond typical desktop and laptop configurations through numerous advanced display configuration capabilities, including:
  • Multi-display using any combination of available display ports
  • Dynamic display detection and enablement according to configurable display port order
  • Simplified specification of customized flat-panel timings
  • Use of EDID data for panels on the integrated LVDS port
  • Setup of conditional behavior when EDID and/or non-EDID panels are detected
  • Advanced configuration for clone display mode on different sized displays
  • Use of integrated display ports in conjunction with PCI-based graphics cards
  • Ability to display POST messages and boot to DOS in clone display mode (VESA modes only)
Intel® Embedded Graphics Drivers
 
 
Cross-platform feature consistency
 
Intel Embedded Graphics Drivers feature a modular architecture which enables similar functionality across all supported Intel® platforms and operating systems. This reduces time-to-market through customer familiarity and ease of portability to future integrated graphics chipset products. Designed for embedded market segments, these drivers provide features specific to the needs of embedded platform developers, while maximizing configuration flexibility.
Intel Embedded Graphics Drivers support a wide range of applications including, but not limited to:
  • Point-of-Sale (POS) systems running desktop Microsoft Windows XP*, driving dual independent LVDS flat-panel displays
  • Kiosk systems running Microsoft Windows XP* Embedded, driving dual independent displays, such as a single CRT display and a single DVI flat-panel display
  • ATM systems running Microsoft Windows XP Embedded, driving a single LVDS flat-panel display
  • Video slot machines running Microsoft Embedded Windows CE* 5.0 / 6.0, driving dual independent LVDS flat-panel displays
  • Advertisement systems running Fedora Core* Linux, driving a single 16:9 wide-screen VGA plasma display
 
 
Features and benefits
 
Features Benefits
Common feature set
Cross-platform feature consistency
Common features portable across Intel's integrated graphics chipset product families and across operating systems
Configuration Editor New graphical pre-installation utility program allows easy creation of consolidated driver installation packages for Microsoft Windows CE*, Microsoft Windows*, Linux* and VBIOS across numerous platforms and display combinations
Serial DVO device support Universal serial DVO port driver can be used with the Mobile Intel® GME965 Express Chipset, Intel® Q965 Express Chipset, Mobile Intel® 945GME Express Chipset, Intel® 945G Express Chipset, Mobile Intel® 915GME Express Chipset, Intel® 915GV Express Chipset, and Mobile Intel® 910GMLE Express Chipset
DVO device support A wide variety of DVO devices (TMDS, LVDS, or TV-Out) can be used in combinations supported by hardware
DVO device extensibility Software development kit allows the addition of customized DVO devices (beyond those supported by default)
Configurable display support
Simplified mechanism for adding new or custom display modes
Advanced configuration capabilities instruct the driver how to detect and select appropriate timings for system displays
24bit internal LVDS supported (on chipsets with 24bit capability)
Control APIs Non-standard features exposed, such as display switching and toggling, and DVO device control
Boot configurability Driver and video BIOS may be customized specifically for OEM display and platform configurations
Overlay support
Improved video playback performance using the X11 Xv interface or Microsoft DirectDraw* interface
Second overlay supported for Clone or Dual Independent Display (Extended) mode configurations
Multiple-display support
Dual independent display ("extended mode") available when supported by the hardware
Twin mode (same display timings to two displays) is supported on hardware with a single video pipe
Dual video pipe systems enabled to drive more than two displays, using twin mode on each video pipe
ACPI on Microsoft Windows Advanced configuration and power interface for all supported Embedded Intel® Architecture-Based Chipsets
2D acceleration Improved performance of applications which take advantage of OS acceleration APIs, including X11 XAA interface, or Microsoft DirectDraw interface
Microsoft Direct3D* and Microsoft D3D Mobile* support Improved performance for 3D applications utilizing Microsoft DirectX* APIs for Microsoft Windows operating systems
OpenGL for Linux
OpenGL on supported 2.6 kernel Linux distributions for advanced 3D graphics acceleration on dual independent displays
OpenGL 1.5 supported on Mobile Intel GME965 Express Chipset and Intel Q965 Express Chipset
OpenGL 1.4 supported on the Mobile Intel 945GME Express Chipset, Intel 945G Express Chipset, Mobile Intel 915GME Express Chipset, Intel 915GV Express Chipset, and Mobile Intel 910GMLE Express Chipset
OpenGL 1.3 supported on the Intel® 855GME, Intel® 852GME, Intel® 852GM, and Intel® 845GV chipsets
Upscaling Lower-resolution modes can be displayed full screen with configurations that support upscaling (e.g. Chrontel* CH7017 and CH7308)
 
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