IE 9: Surfing on the GPU with D2D

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[Broken External Image]:http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/ch9/1/7/8/5/0/5/IE9D2D_85_ch9.pngThe IE team is busy working on the next version of the worlds most popular browser. IE 8 is the most widely used browser on Windows. IE 9 is currently*in the oven and the IE team is ready to talk about what theyre working on. Here, IE GM Dean Hachamovitch leads us through the halls*of IE (literarally) and*takes us to meet graphics developer Christian Fortini and test lead Anjali Parikh. Theyre taking IE to a new level with all graphic rendering taking place on the GPU via the DirectX technology D2D. So, IE 9 will take advantage of the power of the GPU for all page rendering and, further, enable web developers to exploit this power in ways they already understand (CSS, DHTML, JavaScript). The increase in performance and smooth rendering is stunning as you will see in the demos that are part of this conversation. This is incredible news for web developers and web surfers. IE 9, surfing the GPU! Oh yeah.

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