Technically, 3dfx (mainly it's management team and their decision to buy STB, even at the behest of their customers) and its creditors were the ones who dug the grave for 3dfx. And Ageia wasn't really a competitor; they just happen to have something interesting that they can put on their own products. I guess a good analogy is if a car company were to buy a company that made fuzzy dice.
ULi was to expand their southbridge market and probably had some IP they could use. PortalPlayer....who knows where that tech went...maybe in one of their portable console chip parts or they just wanted to have an IP portfolio for it. As far as 3dfx technology is concerned, SLi comes to mind (at least the concept). And they did use the Rampage team on their GeForce FX line (which well...was a disaster for them)
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Technically, 3dfx (mainly it's management team and their decision to buy STB, even at the behest of their customers) and its creditors were the ones who dug the grave for 3dfx.
And Ageia wasn't really a competitor; they just happen to have something interesting that they can put on their own products.
I guess a good analogy is if a car company were to buy a company that made fuzzy dice.
ULi was to expand their southbridge market and probably had some IP they could use.
PortalPlayer....who knows where that tech went...maybe in one of their portable console chip parts or they just wanted to have an IP portfolio for it.
As far as 3dfx technology is concerned, SLi comes to mind (at least the concept).
And they did use the Rampage team on their GeForce FX line (which well...was a disaster for them)