Windows graphics system to be overhauled post Vista

I just found this interesting article on some of the limitations in WDDM 1.0. Looks like most of the issues are around GPU multitaksing where generation 1 will be mostly cooperative multitasking. With some hardware improvements and subsequent software releases things will become more pre-emptive.

Man, how long is it until we are running a complete 2nd computer + OS on our video cards? Will we see display devices in the future that build in the gfx hardware? So you just plug all 9 of your monitors into a highspeed serial cmd bus (USB9) and let the parts of your "computing grid" that are doing general program execution send their display commands to any remotly connected display. The future is bright friends. Just wish it was here now.

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