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S3 Graphics, Ltd. (commonly referred to as S3) was an American computer graphics company. The company sold the Trio, ViRGE, Savage, and Chrome series of graphics processors. Struggling against competition from 3dfx Interactive, ATI and Nvidia, it merged with hardware manufacturer Diamond Multimedia in 1999.
Aug 24, 2023 · Learn how S3 Graphics rose from a startup to dominate the PC graphics market in the early 90s, and how it struggled to keep up with the 3D revolution. Explore the history and products of S3, from the P86C911 to the ViRGE, and how they shaped the industry.
The S3 Trio range were popular video cards for personal computers and were S3's first fully integrated graphics accelerators. As the name implies, three previously separate components were now included in the same ASIC: the graphics core, RAMDAC and clock generator.
The dominant GPU market share once held by S3, now fell primarily to NVIDIA with its GeForce line, and ATI 's Radeon series. Savage hardware designs migrated into integrated motherboard graphics. In this respect at least, S3's economical use of transistors proved highly advantageous.
Jul 6, 2024 · S3 Graphics, Ltd. (commonly referred to as S3) was an American computer graphics company. The company sold the Trio, ViRGE, Savage, and Chrome series of graphics processors. Struggling against competition from 3dfx Interactive, ATI and Nvidia, it merged with hardware manufacturer Diamond Multimedia
Aug 27, 2020 · S3 responded to the demand and in 1995 introduced the S3 Virtual Reality Graphics Engine (ViRGE) graphics chipset; one of the first 2D/3D accelerators designed for the mass market. S3 sought to capture two market movements at once—VR and 3D.
Jul 10, 2020 · S3 Graphics, a leading provider of graphics and visualization technologies, today announced its latest S3 Graphics Chrome 440 GTX desktop cards. Boards are now available at online retail affiliate GStore, with future shipments by key European partners in addition to multiple retail partners in Asia.
