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Adaptive scalable texture compression
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<p>Adaptive scalable texture compression (ASTC) is a <a href="/facts/Lossy_compression/jHW7DDv3">lossy</a> block-based <a href="/facts/Texture_compression/HcyqY6aj">texture compression</a> <a href="/facts/Algorithm/fnl5NmRt">algorithm</a> developed by Jørn Nystad et al. of <a href="/facts/ARM_Holdings/jqqppj7b">ARM Ltd.</a> and <a href="/facts/Advanced_Micro_Devices/CB1G7QTb">AMD</a>. </p><p>Full details of ASTC were first presented publicly at the High Performance Graphics 2012 conference, in a paper by Olson et al. entitled "Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression". </p><p>ASTC was adopted as an official extension for both <a href="/facts/OpenGL/xQoMWePr">OpenGL</a> and <a href="/facts/OpenGL_ES/DRkjxUFb">OpenGL ES</a> by the <a href="/facts/Khronos_Group/QIegX0zJ">Khronos Group</a> on 6 August 2012. </p>