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Guru3D.com » News » 3dfx reveals range of new products: From PCI cards up-to smart TVs (Update)

3dfx reveals range of new products: From PCI cards up-to smart TVs (Update)

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/06/2021 08:51 AM | source: | 24 comment(s)
3dfx reveals range of new products: From PCI cards up-to smart TVs (Update)

It was revealed last week that 3dfx Interactive, a former GPU designer, was interested in resuming its operations. At least the brand name has been resold towards a company. The remaining assets of the firm have been acquired by a newly formed US investor, Jansen Products, and new notifications have been made today.

A presentation has been released on the firm's fresh new Twitter account, which the company claims is authentic, demonstrating that Jansen Products took over the other business divisions in mid-July, according to the presentation. According to one presentation, the complete acquisition of the trademarks may take several more weeks, and the company intends to "produce cellphones, smart TVs, sound systems, and other products in addition to video cards."

A total of six devices in various categories, including a PCI plug-in board dubbed Voodoo 6, are already in the works. The Voodoo 5 was the final graphics card produced by the firm. A smartphone, a Bluetooth speaker, a home theater speaker setup, a tablet, and a smart television are all included on the list. These items are scheduled to be introduced at the 'CEC in 2022.' While this might be a reference to the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, which will be held in Glasgow, it is more likely that the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which will be held in Las Vegas, is mentioned.

Huge goals, which leads us to believe that this is nothing more than a radiantly designed prank for the public's imagination. Examples include the goal of serving at least 900,000 clients with more than 300 additional workers, as well as plans for more than 600 projects, according to the company's website. Those are significant figures for a firm that has just recently risen from the ashes.

Update: as expected, the twitter account was just pulled. We can't wait to see an official ATI account soon ;)

Many people will not be surprised to learn that the comeback of 3dfx was a hoax, as it was in the past. Because the 'official' Twitter account no longer exists, it is impossible to locate the postings that were made in response to it. An alert Twitter user has been able to capture screenshots of the most recent messages that contain the hashtag @AtiParody (a Twitter account that has also been deleted in the meantime). Given the appearance of a poor joke, it is obvious that the presentation is bogus.



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DarkQuark
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#5935582 Posted on: 08/06/2021 09:42 AM
Like nature, the market abhors a vacuum. So if GPU's are going for over $2k that for sure will draw in some fresh competition given the supply issues. But one would think making anything with chips right now would be a rough deal to break in to.

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#5935584 Posted on: 08/06/2021 09:45 AM
If it's just a company that acquires an old, well-known trademark, it could be one of those cases of simply getting run-of-the-mill products from various factories and slapping their own brand on them. That's what has happened to an endless list of previously famous (domestically or internationally) European brands. In China/East Asia there's a number of video card manufacturers with little presence in the West, so I could see them, for example, getting cards from one of them and rebranding them.

Actually designing a brand new GPU is a monumental task. Even Apple hasn't considered it an ultimate top priority, all things considered, since they are still getting dedicated graphics cards from AMD, for the time being. 3dfx's patents are all about to expire (in the USA) since the company went under in 2002, which means there are no newer ones, so you could say anyone could do anything with them, but they wouldn't be of that much use in 2021, I reckon.

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#5935614 Posted on: 08/06/2021 11:48 AM
Didn't this turn out to be a joke or something?

SaberJ2X
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#5935616 Posted on: 08/06/2021 11:55 AM
Didn't this turn out to be a joke or something?


using an image from a DA account

CEC instead of CES

voodoo6 PCI as the only actual accelerator... 10% of their initial output?

90% will be landfill-filling plastic ewaste people change every year basically...

as much as I want 3dfx logo on products... this will dissolve any good will the 3dfx logo had...

*wants a clunky 90s thinkpad looking brick with the old 3Dfx logo, and when opened it looks sleek and modern with an engraved modern 3dfx logo on the bottom of the OLED 3:2 in the bezel*
doesn´t even need to be good for gaming, I would get it for nostalgia kicks... and to replace my aging but extremely capable maxed out T440p

SaberJ2X
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#5935618 Posted on: 08/06/2021 11:57 AM
If it's just a company that acquires an old, well-known trademark, it could be one of those cases of simply getting run-of-the-mill products from various factories and slapping their own brand on them. That's what has happened to an endless list of previously famous (domestically or internationally) European brands. In China/East Asia there's a number of video card manufacturers with little presence in the West, so I could see them, for example, getting cards from one of them and rebranding them.

Actually designing a brand new GPU is a monumental task. Even Apple hasn't considered it an ultimate top priority, all things considered, since they are still getting dedicated graphics cards from AMD, for the time being. 3dfx's patents are all about to expire (in the USA) since the company went under in 2002, which means there are no newer ones, so you could say anyone could do anything with them, but they wouldn't be of that much use in 2021, I reckon.

new old stock gpu dies on a modern PCI design, probably the same guy doing the black PCB recreation got paid good money for his ready to use designs... if I was a greedy company wanting to capitalize on the lack of GPUs and sell some retro hardware that would sell great...

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