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das Pendant (-s)  counterpart (of/to zu); companion piece, opposite number; equivalent

Die Avivo-Technologie, die ein Pendant zu Nvidias PureVideo darstellt, soll in allen zukünftigen Produkten des kanadischen Grafikspezialisten integriert werden.
The Avivo technology, which represents a counterpart to Nvidia's PureVideo, is supposed to be integrated into all of the Canadian graphic specialist's future products.

Related: der Anhänger pendant, das Pendel pendulum, die Entsprechung equivalent, counterpart, das Gegenstück counterpart

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