WGF (Windows Graphics Foundation) Marches On!

ATI has certified their next-gen graphics chip for WGF, the graphics follow-on to DirectX 9.

While parts of Longhorn are in terminal stasis, the graphics needed for their zoomy new desktop are proceeding nicely, thank you. Microsoft is committed to porting the new graphics back to XP, also, for those whose machines will handle it. (All accounts are that it will need significant support in the graphics hardware department. In 0ther words; high performance.) And there is a rumor that Longhorn will be available in a "corporate" form, without the special desktop and graphics, for companies not upgrading their hardware. All speculation, that, but what is for sure is that it's coming, and perhaps not too long from now. The OS itsellf may or may not follow in good time.

Jack