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3DLABS is a pioneering fabless semiconductor supplier of fully
programmable media processors that deliver a rich mix of video, imaging, 2D/3D
graphics, audio and floating-point capabilities. Based on an array of
floating-point processing elements and dual ARM® cores the architecture has
the performance, flexibility and low power consumption required to target a
broad range of devices; portable media players, navigation systems, automotive
infotainment, video conference and surveillance, mobile handsets and embedded
systems. 3DLABS was originally founded in 1994 and has experience in
developing fully programmable visual computing solutions with expertise in
complex silicon design, parallel processing, hardware design and software
development, including pioneering work on OpenGL 2.0 and OpenGL ES. 3DLABS has
design centres based in England, and offices in Milpitas, California and
Huntsville, Alabama.
see also:-
3Dlabs
- editor mentions in the SPARC Product Directory
- editor's notes:- in 1995 3Dlabs made an SBus graphics accelerator for Sun
workstations called the PX15-24. Using Intel's i860 processor it provided
160MFLOPs of 24 bit graphics with 1152 x 900 bits resolution. Other 24 bit
graphics accelerator companies which targeted the Sun market in those days
included Tatung, Evans & Sutherland and Connectware.
A lot more
companies made 8 bit SBus graphics adapters including:- Aries Research,
Artecon, Dressler, DTK Computer, EKF-Elektronik, Force Computers, Integrix,
Megatek, Pinnacle Data Systems, Tech-Source and Vigra.
I used to tease
some of my graphics adapter advertisers by saying that I couldn't see the point
of them offering more than 8 bits color. As I'm color blind I can only see
about 6 bits. |
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