<s>
Chromium	B-Library
is	O
an	O
OpenGL	B-Application
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
OpenGL	B-Application
implementations	O
,	O
Chromium	B-Library
does	O
not	O
render	O
the	O
OpenGL	B-Application
command	O
stream	O
to	O
a	O
raster	O
image	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
display	O
on-screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
it	O
manipulates	O
,	O
and	O
moves	O
the	O
OpenGL	B-Application
command	O
stream	O
to	O
other	O
OpenGL	B-Application
implementations	O
(	O
including	O
even	O
other	O
Chromium	B-Library
implementations	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chromium	B-Library
provides	O
an	O
infrastructure	O
in	O
which	O
modules	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
SPUs	O
or	O
Stream	O
Processing	O
Units	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
inserted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
each	O
OpenGL	B-Application
command	O
,	O
a	O
SPU	O
can	O
modify	O
,	O
discard	O
,	O
or	O
forward	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
SPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chromium	B-Library
supports	O
a	O
client/server	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
SPU	O
in	O
a	O
node	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
either	O
pass	O
it	O
to	O
another	O
local	O
OpenGL	B-Application
implementation	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
graphics	O
card	O
,	O
or	O
send	O
it	O
over	O
a	O
network	O
to	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
Chromium	B-Library
Servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Providing	O
OpenGL	B-Application
for	O
multi-machine	O
,	O
multi-monitor	O
displays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chromium	B-Library
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
provide	O
OpenGL	B-Application
for	O
Xdmx	O
displays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moving	O
an	O
OpenGL	B-Application
stream	O
from	O
one	O
machine	O
to	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
an	O
OpenGL	B-Application
application	O
running	O
in	O
a	O
Windows	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
,	O
without	O
3D	O
acceleration	O
,	O
can	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
full	O
hardware	O
3D	O
acceleration	O
on	O
a	O
Linux	O
host	O
machine	O
via	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Chromium	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manipulating	O
an	O
OpenGL	B-Application
stream	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chromium	B-Library
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
make	O
polygons	O
an	O
application	O
renders	O
transparent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Via	O
stream	O
manipulation	O
,	O
Chromium	B-Library
can	O
make	O
non-stereoscopic	O
applications	O
stereoscopic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chromium	B-Library
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
split	O
an	O
OpenGL	B-Application
command	O
stream	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
different	O
machines	O
can	O
do	O
different	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
rendering	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
like	O
nVidia	O
's	O
SLI	B-Device
but	O
it	O
supports	O
multiple	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
