Using cleverness to get better performance than your competitor is an edge; using cleverness to get the same performance in the common case but worse performance in the worst case is poor design.
I suspect that HDMI passthrough will be a frustratingly unfulfilled promise, as it is with Google TV.
I suspect that HDMI passthrough will be a frustratingly unfulfilled promise, as it is with Google TV.
Recent GPUs are virtualizeable (using multiple command queues); this is mostly targeted for VDI or cloud gaming but unused in PCs. http://www.nvidia.com/object/enterprise-virtualization.html