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S3 Texture Compression

S3 Texture Compression (S3TC) (sometimes also called DXTn, DXTC, or BCn) is a group of related lossy texture compression algorithms originally developed by Iourcha et al. of S3 Graphics, Ltd. for use in their Savage 3D computer graphics accelerator. The method of compression is strikingly similar to the previously published Color Cell Compression, which…

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Developer
S3 Graphics
Operating system
Microsoft Windows
Release
1998; 28 years ago (1998)
Type
texture compression

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DXT1

DXT2 and DXT3

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S3 Texture Compression

Nodes46
Edges45
Triples12
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
Components1

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S3 Texture Compression

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related to Patent · 8
S3 Texture Compression → At, March, October, Some, This, US, US6, USPTO
Developer · 1
S3 Texture Compression → S3 Graphics
Operating system · 1
S3 Texture Compression → Microsoft Windows
Release · 1
S3 Texture Compression → 1998; 28 years ago (1998)
Type · 1
S3 Texture Compression → texture compression

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compression s3tc texture alpha color data use pixels also graphics 16 input s3 output displaystyle block algorithm bits dxt1 two

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S3 Texture CompressionDeveloperS3 Graphics1.00infobox
S3 Texture CompressionOperating systemMicrosoft Windows1.00infobox
S3 Texture CompressionRelease1998; 28 years ago (1998)1.00infobox
S3 Texture CompressionTypetexture compression1.00infobox
S3 Texture Compressionrelated to PatentSome0.60section
S3 Texture Compressionrelated to PatentUS0.60section
S3 Texture Compressionrelated to PatentUSPTO0.60section
S3 Texture Compressionrelated to PatentOctober0.60section
S3 Texture Compressionrelated to PatentAt0.60section
S3 Texture Compressionrelated to PatentUS60.60section
S3 Texture Compressionrelated to PatentThis0.60section
S3 Texture Compressionrelated to PatentMarch0.60section

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