On May 3, TechNation, a UK games-oriented hardware site, published a screen grab purporting to be of the data sheet for the Matrox G1000, an as yet unannounced graphics chip, published possibly in error on Matrox Graphics's web site.
"The G1000 is the world's FIRST DirectX 9 compliant Graphics Immersion Unit! Utilizing the eight-pipe matrox Deferred Rendering Engine, it achieves over twice the performance of any other graphics solution in it's (sic) class.", it begins. According to many readers, the data sheet is a hoax, possibly first surfacing on April 1. But there is a kernel of truth, namely that there is a next-gen Matrox chip in the offing. Last week news circulated around Hardware Land about Parhelia, the code name for this elusive next-gen graphics accelerator. This was fuelled by a 'teaser animation' on the Matrox web site which to all intents and purposes confirms May 14 as the launch date, according to Ace's Hardware.
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