3dfx Interactive
Sign in to save3dfx Interactive, Inc. was an American computer hardware company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 1994, that specialized in the manufacturing of 3D graphics processing units, and later, video cards. It was a pioneer in the field from the mid 1990s to 2000.
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- Company.name
- 3dfx Interactive, Inc.
- Company.logo
- 3dfx logo.svg
- Company.founders
- Ross Smith, Scott Sellers, Gary Tarolli
- Company.fate
- Bankrupt; acquired by Nvidia Corporation
- Company.location
- San Jose, California, U.S.
- Company.industry
- Semiconductors
- Company.products
- Voodoo Graphics series
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21 sectionsContents
- Company history
- Early products
- First chips
- Entry to the consumer market
- Dreamcast
- New chips, competition, and decline
- Development of Rampage
- Acquisition of STB
- Delays
- GigaPixel and insolvency
- Product development history
- Voodoo Graphics PCI
- Voodoo Rush
- Voodoo2
- Voodoo Banshee
- Voodoo3
- Voodoo 4 & 5
- Products
- References
- Further reading
- External links
3dfx Interactive, Inc. was an American computer hardware company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 1994, that specialized in the manufacturing of 3D graphics processing units, and later, video cards. It was a pioneer in the field from the mid 1990s to 2000.
The company's original product was the Voodoo Graphics, an add-in card that implemented hardware acceleration of 3D graphics. The hardware accelerated only 3D rendering, relying on the PC's current video card for 2D support. Despite this limitation, the Voodoo Graphics product and its follow-up, Voodoo2, were popular. It became standard for 3D games to offer support for the company's Glide API.
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