S3 Pumps Up 3D Chips
News The new chips are the EDO RAM ViRGE/DX and ViRGE/GX, which supports EDO RAM, synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) and synchronous graphics RAM (SGRAM). The California-based firm has shipped three million ViRGE 3D chips so far, giving it 70 per cent of 3D...
[November 7, 1996, 13:47]
Graphics Vendors Push Budget 3D, TV
News Orchid Technology's first 3D card, the Fahrenheit Video 3D is based on the ubiquitous S3 ViRGE accelerator and comes with 2Mb EDO RAM as standard, at about £128 on the street. ATI's TV Tuner card will cost from under £90.
[July 17, 1996, 17:18]
Panasonic Releases First DVD Notebook
News The notebook also builds in a MPEG-2 codec and has a 13.3-inch 1,024 x 768 TFT screen driven by an S3 Virge MX chipset with 4Mb SGRAM, making it suitable for video training and other niche multimedia tasks.
[September 1, 1997, 11:30]
Q&A: S3 CEO Johnson On Film-quality Video
News There'll be a new chip out very shortly - the Virge GX2. PCDN this week caught up with S3 president and CEO Gary Johnson on a flying visit to London. Already the distant leader in supply PC graphics accelerators, Johnson was back in his native...
[June 12, 1997, 16:26]
Number Nine Debuts S3 Chip
News The 64-bit, PCI-based 9FX Reality 772 is aimed at a power user audience with fast 3D and video, without compromising 2D and DOS performance. The products will be available with either 2Mb (about £149 including VAT on the street) or 4Mb of VRAM...
[October 14, 1996, 16:13]
