Press Releases

Khronos Group Press Releases

Date of Press ReleasePress Release
January 25th, 2010Symbio Delivers Extensive OpenWF Conformance Test Suite and Conformant Sample Implementation to Khronos Group
January 07th, 2010Epic Games Leads Industry to Unreal Graphics on Your Phone
November 16th, 2009Khronos Demonstrates OpenCL Momentum at SC09
November 09th, 2009Khronos Group Launches OpenWF Standard to 
Accelerate Windowing On Mobile and Embedded Devices
October 07th, 2009Khronos Group Releases OpenMAX AL 1.0 Specification for Application-level Video, Audio and Image Processing
August 05th, 2009The Khronos Group Announces Significant COLLADA Momentum at SIGGRAPH 2009
August 04th, 2009Khronos Details WebGL Initiative to Bring Hardware-Accelerated 3D Graphics to the Internet
August 03rd, 2009Latest desktop GPU functionality now fully accessible through cross-platform open 3D standard; Close alignment with OpenCL for p
March 24th, 2009Khronos Group Releases OpenSL ES 1.0 Specification for Portable Mobile and Embedded Audio Processing
March 24th, 2009Khronos Releases Streamlined OpenGL 3.1 Specification
March 24th, 2009Khronos Launches Initiative to Create Open Royalty Free Standard for Accelerated 3D on the Web
December 16th, 2008Movial Joins the Khronos Group
December 08th, 2008OpenVG 1.1 Specification Publicly Released by Khronos
December 08th, 2008The Khronos Group Releases OpenCL 1.0 Specification
August 11th, 2008Khronos Releases OpenGL 3.0 Specifications
August 05th, 2008Khronos Releases COLLADA 1.5.0 Specification with New Automation, Kinematics, and Geospatial Functionality
June 16th, 2008Khronos Launches Heterogeneous Computing Initiative
March 28th, 2008TransGaming Joins Industry Leaders as Khronos Group Member
February 10th, 2008Khronos Releases OpenKODE 1.0 Royalty-Free Standard
October 02nd, 2007Khronos Group Releases OpenMAX AL 1.0 and OpenSL ES 1.0 Specifications
August 07th, 2007COLLADA 3D Asset Intermediate Standard Accelerates Adoption and is to be Extended for 2D Vector Graphics
August 07th, 2007SoftBank Mobile Joins the Khronos Group
August 07th, 2007Khronos Group Gains Diverse New Members
May 22nd, 2007SOFTBANK MOBILE Adopts OpenKODE
April 17th, 2007Khronos and Web3D Enter Official Cooperation as Mobile & Internet Continue to Converge
March 07th, 2007glFX and Composition Working Groups
March 05th, 2007OpenGL ES 2.0
March 05th, 2007OpenVG Conformance Tests
February 12th, 2007Khronos Releases OpenKODE 1.0 Specification for Mobile Rich Media Applications
February 12th, 2007Khronos Releases New OpenMAX IL 1.1 Standard for Enhanced Streaming Media Portability
December 12th, 2006Khronos Invites Public Review of OpenKODE 1.0 Specification Draft
August 02nd, 2006OpenGL 2.1 Specification Publicly Released
August 01st, 2006Khronos Group Standards Support Hundreds of Developer 3D content creation tools, applications and middleware
August 01st, 2006COLLADA gains momentum
July 31st, 2006OpenGL ARB and Khronos
July 31st, 2006Apple, Dell and Google
June 27th, 2006Bellagio OpenMAX for Linux
June 22nd, 2006COLLADA gains momentum
March 22nd, 2006COLLADA 1.4 released
March 22nd, 2006Monotype Imaging, Scaleform, TAT
March 22nd, 2006Intel joins as Promoter
February 12th, 2006OpenMAX DL enables rapid implementation and seamless portability of optimized video, image and audio
January 04th, 2006Khronos Releases OpenMAX IL 1.0 Specification for Standardized Integration of Codecs into Embedded Media Frameworks
January 04th, 2006Khronos Announces New OpenKODE Initiative to Define a 
Mobile Media Application Development Environment
November 08th, 2005Khronos Members Endorse 
New OpenGL ES Benchmark from Futuremark
October 24th, 2005Khronos Continues Expansion of Membership and Developer Education in Asia Pacific Region; Creative Technology Ltd Becomes Khrono
October 24th, 2005Creative Technology Ltd Becomes Khronos Promoting Member, Emersys joins - “audio API starts off strong!”
October 23rd, 2005Major ARM News, Major FM new benchmark news - Khronos Group Grows to Over 95 Members: Creative, Tat, Reincomm, BenQ
September 19th, 2005OpenGL ES Safety Critical API Gains Momentum as 
Diehl Avionik and Zandiant Technologies Join Khronos
August 01st, 2005Khronos Group Releases OpenVG 1.0 Specification for Accelerated 2D Vector Graphics
August 01st, 2005Khronos Releases OpenGL ES 2.0 Specification Bringing Streamlined Shader Programming to Embedded Graphics
August 01st, 2005Khronos Announces New OpenSL ES Initiative for Low-level, Cross-platform Sound and Audio Acceleration
August 01st, 2005SONY and NVIDIA Become Khronos Promoting Members
August 01st, 2005COLLADA Joins Khronos Group to Create 
3D Authoring Open Standard
May 17th, 2005Khronos Further Expands Membership and Announces New Dates for Developer University Series
April 18th, 2005Khronos Group Launches OpenML Open Source SDK
March 29th, 2005Khronos Reports Dramatic Growth in Asia-Pacific Membership and OpenGL ES Adopters
March 07th, 2005Khronos Group Grows to Over 80 Members
March 07th, 2005Khronos Group Announces Freescale Semiconductor Joins as Promoting Member to Participate in the 
Development of the OpenGL ES an
February 28th, 2005Khronos Invites Public Review of New Generation 
OpenGL ES 1.2 and 2.0 Specification Drafts Prior to Anticipated Public Release
December 08th, 2004Khronos Invites Public Review of Draft OpenVG Specification as New Member 
Zoomon Joins as Contributing Member
December 02nd, 2004Khronos Dramatically Expands Membership and Developer Education in Asia Pacific Region
August 25th, 2004Khronos Launches Developer University Lecture Series and OpenGL ES Coding Challenge Contest
August 25th, 2004Hybrid Graphics Gains Khronos Promoter Status
August 09th, 2004Khronos Group Announces the On Time Delivery of the 
OpenGL ES 1.1 Specification, Available for Free Download
July 19th, 2004Khronos Group Welcomes Fujitsu, Samsung Electronics, Sony Computer Entertainment and others as New Members, and Increases Scope
July 06th, 2004Khronos Group Announces New OpenVG Open Standard 
for Handheld Vector Graphics Acceleration
July 06th, 2004Khronos Significantly Grows Membership and 
Increases Scope of Media Standards Work
July 06th, 2004Khronos Group Announces New OpenMAX Open Standard for Enabling Effective Media Acceleration
April 19th, 2004Khronos Group Releases OpenML 1.0 SDK
March 22nd, 2004Khronos Announces PalmSource Joins as Contributor and Intel as New Adopter
March 17th, 2004Award Winning OpenGL ES Mobile Graphics API Demonstrates Industry-wide Acceptance with over 12,000 downloads
February 24th, 2004OpenGL ES Mobile Graphics API Demonstrates Industry-wide Acceptance
February 17th, 2004Khronos Member Hybrid Graphics Delivers World’s First OpenGL ES API Software Implementation
February 17th, 2004Leading Mobile Industry Leaders Esmertec, QUALCOMM and Renesas Technology Join Khronos Group
February 17th, 2004Khronos Member Hybrid Graphics Delivers World’s First Fully-Conformant OpenGL ES API 
Software Implementation
January 07th, 2004Khronos Group Delivers OpenGL ES 
Adopter’s Package & Conformance Tests
January 06th, 2004Khronos Group Grows Significantly with 
New Members ETRI, Futuremark, NVIDIA, 
Oki, Secret Level, TAKUMI & WOW4M
December 09th, 2003Khronos Group Launches OpenML Beta SDK
December 09th, 2003Khronos Group Enhances
OpenML Software Development Kit
November 24th, 2003Khronos Welcomes LSI Logic, Toshiba and XCE as Contributor Members
September 11th, 2003Khronos Group OpenML Standard Generates Significant Industry Interest with Over 3700 Downloads
July 28th, 2003Sun Microsystems Joins Khronos Group to Support OpenGL ES for Mobile Devices
June 22nd, 2003Leading Mobile Telephone Operator SK Telecom Joins Khronos Group as Promoting Member
April 29th, 2003Khronos Group Announces OpenGL® ES 1.0 Specification Ready for Final Review and Ratification
April 01st, 2003Khronos Group Moves to Next Stages in Definition of Complementary OpenML and OpenGL ES Specifications
March 12th, 2003Ericsson Mobile Platforms Joins Khronos as Group Moves Dramatically Forward in Definition and Deployment of OpenGL ES Specificat
February 17th, 2003Khronos Group Development of OpenGL ES Gains Momentum as New Members Declare Support for OpenGL ES Compliant Products
October 16th, 2002Khronos Group Gains Momentum in the Development of Open Standard APIs for Mobile Graphics Applications
September 10th, 2002Digital Media Industry Leaders Join Khronos
June 26th, 2002Khronos Group Gains Global Momentum in the Development and Deployment of OpenML
June 10th, 2002Khronos Group Continues to Gain Momentum in 
Development and Deployment of OpenML
April 24th, 2001Khronos Group Completes OpenML 1.0 Specification

Khronos Group Member Press Releases

Date of Press ReleasePress Release
February 02nd, 2010Rightware Debuts Kanzi™ Cross-platform User Interface Solution at Mobile World Congress
January 20th, 2010Vivante and Animated Media Partner to Offer Embedded Flash Solutions Optimized for Vivante OpenGL ES 2.0 Graphics Processors
January 12th, 2010Imagination Technologies announces POWERVR SGX545 graphics IP core with OpenGL 3.2 and OpenCL 1.0
January 07th, 2010ALT Software wins multi-million dollar OpenGL ES and OpenVG contract
December 16th, 2009Fixstars to Release Beta Version of "FOXC" OpenCL Compiler for x86
December 11th, 2009ALT Software releases optimized OpenGL ES and OpenVG graphics drivers for the POWERVR MBX graphics core
November 16th, 2009DMP adds OpenGL ES 2.0 shader-based graphics IP to its new “SMAPH®” graphics IP core family
October 29th, 2009Fixstars launches OpenCL software service for application developers Professional service to support utilization of OpenCL
October 27th, 2009Vivante GPUs Power Marvell ARMADA Application Processors
September 22nd, 2009Vivante Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Technology Selected by Cavium Networks
September 22nd, 2009Ultimate Mini-ITX HD Multimedia Platform Combines DX10.1 and Dual HDMI through both Discrete and Integrated Graphics
June 29th, 2009Chinese Academy of Sciences Selects Vivante as GPU Partner for Netbooks
June 24th, 2009Intel and Nokia announce strategic relationship to shape next era of Mobile Computing innovation
June 23rd, 2009ALT Software selected to deliver DO- 178B certifiable OpenGL Drivers for ATI RadeonTM E4690 GPU
June 08th, 2009Vivante Corporation Signs 15th GPU Licensee
May 29th, 2009Opera joins the Khronos Group as a contributing member
May 22nd, 2009Providing OpenGL ES 2.0 Graphics Solutions with Smallest Silicon Area
May 19th, 2009Incoras Solutions announces MediaDesigner™
September 19th, 2008SGI further opens its OpenGL contributions
August 18th, 2008POWERVR SGX first with conformance for all Khronos mobile APIs on production silicon
August 08th, 2008Digia joins Khronos Group as a Contributing Member
October 25th, 2004New SMEDIA Technology Corporation Launches into the Multimedia IC Design Market
July 30th, 2003Criterion Software & Hybrid Graphics release OpenGL ES-based 3D graphics library for TI wireless platform
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