Quartics’ Qvu™-based Laguna HD video accelerator for desktop, notebook and netbook PCs opens up new possibilities in advanced video processing.

Quartics has developed the first video processing unit designed to exclusively handle all the video processing requirements of PCs by completely offloading all the video processing tasks from the CPU.

Quartics’ revolutionary programmable, high-performance, low-latency VPU provides accelerated encode, decode and transcode in a power-efficient, cost-effective platform. Quartics’ Qvu™ solutions provide very high-quality HD video playback, HD video chat and the most advanced 2d to 3D conversion solution available for PCs.


Qvu™ technology’s accelerated video processing and state-of-the-art algorithms enable the Laguna VPU to deliver unsurpassed video image enhancement capabilities, seamless HD video decode, SD to HD conversion, and unmatched performance in its class. Quartics’ high-performance video processors provide one of the industry’s most advanced HD video viewing experiences possible on netbooks and notebooks.

Qvu™’s high-performance video processing and power-efficient platform make it the ideal solution for netbook and notebook manufacturers who want to offer very high-quality HD video playback without sacrificing battery life.