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Intel graphics discontent justified?

 
Discontent with Intel graphics goes back a few years. But the unsealing of 2-year-old e-mail exchanges between Intel and Microsoft reveals something about the present, too. Intel 915 chipset (Credit: Intel) First some background. Intel makes integrated graphics silicon--that is, graphics functionality that is built into its chipsets. Performance is ... Originally posted at Nanotech - The Circuits Blog (link)

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