SherbyNet - /page/wikibook/entry.mu

Micron Document

<!DOCTYPE html>

<title>IXMicro</title>

</head>

<span id="openzim-page-title" class="mw-page-title-main">iXMicro</span>

</h1>

</header>

/* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}

/* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">

/* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}

/* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">iXMicro, Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Integrated Micro Solutions</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category">Computer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1994<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1994</span>)</span> in <a href="San_Jose%2C_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">2000<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="dtend">2000</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">

/* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}

/* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Graphics <a href="Chipset" title="Chipset">chipsets</a></li><li><a href="Video_card" class="mw-redirect" title="Video card">Video cards</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>iXMicro, Inc.</b>, a privately held company, was a graphics <a href="Chipset" title="Chipset">chipset</a> and <a href="Video_card" class="mw-redirect" title="Video card">video card</a> manufacturer. The company was founded as <b>Integrated Micro Solutions</b> (<b>IMS</b>) in 1994 and ceased operations in 2000. The American actor <a href="Christopher_Knight_(actor)" title="Christopher Knight (actor)">Christopher Knight</a> served as vice president of graphics marketing for iXMicro.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Products">Products</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_cards">Video cards</h3></div>

<ul><li>The <b>Twin Turbo-128</b> <a href="Peripheral_Component_Interconnect" title="Peripheral Component Interconnect">PCI</a> series, including the <b>128S</b> and <b>128P2</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> came standard on the <a href="Power_Macintosh_9600" title="Power Macintosh 9600">Power Macintosh 9600</a> and was a high-performance upgrade for the <a href="Power_Macintosh_8600" title="Power Macintosh 8600">Power Macintosh 8600</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>The <b>TwinTurbo 128M8</b>, a PCI video card,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> came with the <a href="Motorola_StarMax" title="Motorola StarMax">Motorola StarMax</a> 5000/300.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This video card was also used in the <a href="UMAX_Technologies" title="UMAX Technologies">Umax</a> Pulsar 2500 (<a href="SuperMac" class="mw-redirect" title="SuperMac">SuperMac</a> S900/250).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has 8MB SGRAM.</li>

<li>The <b>ix3D Dual Monitor</b> was a dual-monitor video card for Mac and clones.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gulick1999_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gulick1999-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>The <b>ix3D Game Rocket</b> was a 3D accelerator based on the <a href="3dfx_Interactive" class="mw-redirect" title="3dfx Interactive">3dfx</a> Voodoo Banshee chipset.<sup id="cite_ref-Gulick1999_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gulick1999-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 38">: 38 </span></sup></li>

<li>The <b>ix3D Road Rocket</b> was a 2D and 3D <a href="CardBus" class="mw-redirect" title="CardBus">CardBus</a> video accelerator for the Apple Macintosh <a href="PowerBook_G3" title="PowerBook G3">PowerBook G3</a> series, with 4 MB SGRAM and support for an extended desktop at 1280×1040.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 70">: 70 </span></sup></li>

<li>The <b>ix3D Pro Rez</b> was a 128-bit 2D and 3D graphics accelerator with 8 MB of <a href="SGRAM" class="mw-redirect" title="SGRAM">SGRAM</a>. It supports resolutions up to 1600×1200 and refresh rates as high as 100 Hz.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>The <b>TwinTurbo 128P8</b> was a PCI video card for the PC x86 market with standard 15-pin <a href="VGA_connector" title="VGA connector">VGA connector</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_capture">Video capture</h3></div>

<ul><li>iXMicro also offered <b>ixTV</b> or <b>Turbo TV</b> <a href="Video_capture" title="Video capture">video capture</a> devices.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ATM_cards">ATM cards</h3></div>

<ul><li>The <b>Lightning II</b> <a href="Asynchronous_Transfer_Mode" title="Asynchronous Transfer Mode">ATM</a> 155/25 PCI cards<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Macintosh_clone" title="Macintosh clone">Macintosh clone</a></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

/* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("./mw/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("./mw/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("./mw/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("./mw/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}

/* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

</style><cite id="CITEREFStaff_writer1999" class="citation web cs1">Staff writer (January 4, 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000308173547/https://www.macobserver.com/news/99/january/990104/eskape.html">"New Startup Company to Make Mac Peripherals"</a>. <i>The Mac Observer</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.macobserver.com/news/99/january/990104/eskape.html">the original</a> on March 8, 2000.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFGardner1996" class="citation journal cs1">Gardner, Fred (April 15, 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/227456589/">"Multimedia on PCs taking off"</a>. <i>Computer Reseller News</i> (679). CMP Publications: 151. <a href="ProQuest" title="ProQuest">ProQuest</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/227456589">227456589</a>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFWroobel1997" class="citation journal cs1">Wroobel, Michael (June 23, 1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/227523003/">"Apple"</a>. <i>Computer Reseller News</i> (742). CMP Publications: 152. <a href="ProQuest" title="ProQuest">ProQuest</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/227523003">227523003</a>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFLoyola1996" class="citation journal cs1">Loyola, Roman (September 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/MacUser9609September1996/page/n80/">"Super-resolution graphics cards"</a>. <i>MacUser</i>. <b>12</b> (9). Ziff-Davis: 79 – via the Internet Archive.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFThompson1997" class="citation journal cs1">Thompson, Tom (October 1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/BYTEVolume22Number10/page/n165/">"Three for Speed"</a>. <i>Byte</i>. <b>22</b> (10). CMP Media: 134 – via the Internet Archive.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210818055457/https://everymac.com/systems/umax/s900/supermac_s900_250.html">"SuperMac S900/250 (Pulsar 2500) Specs"</a>. <i>EveryMac</i>. Kyle Media. n.d. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://everymac.com/systems/umax/s900/supermac_s900_250.html">the original</a> on August 18, 2021.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFStaff_writer1999" class="citation web cs1">Staff writer (June 14, 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000623234348/https://www.macobserver.com/news/99/june/990614/ixmicrocards.html">"iXMicro Introduces Three New Mac Graphics Cards"</a>. <i>The Mac Observer</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.macobserver.com/news/99/june/990614/ixmicrocards.html">the original</a> on June 23, 2000.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-Gulick1999-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Gulick1999_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Gulick1999_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFGulick1999" class="citation journal cs1">Gulick, Rebecca (January 25, 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A53661901/GPS?sid=wikipedia">"iXMicro card to let designers view two monitors at once"</a>. <i>EMediaweekly</i>. ZDNet: 14 – via Gale.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFBeale1999" class="citation journal cs1">Beale, Stephen (November 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/Macworld9911November1999/page/n41/">"Graphics Accelerators"</a>. <i>Macworld</i>. <b>16</b> (11). IDG Publications: <span class="nowrap">38–</span>39 – via the Internet Archive.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210416035352/https://www.macworld.com/article/158914/roadgear.html">"Road Gear"</a>. <i>Macworld</i>. United Kingdom: IDG Publications: <span class="nowrap">69–</span>71. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_UK_99_00_01_Mag_PDFs/MacWorld_UK_Feb_1999/page/n31">the original</a> on April 16, 2021.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFCrotty1999" class="citation journal cs1">Crotty, Cameron (February 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210620160530/https://www.macworld.com/article/158930/graphicsaccel.html">"Graphics accelerators"</a>. <i>Macworld</i>. United Kingdom: IDG Publications: 50. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_UK_99_00_01_Mag_PDFs/MacWorld_UK_Feb_1999/page/n22/">the original</a> on June 20, 2021.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFStaff_writer1997" class="citation journal cs1">Staff writer (June 9, 1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/221027589/">"Graphics board accelerates displays to extreme resolutions"</a>. <i>Electronic Design</i>. <b>45</b> (12). Penton Publishing: 156. <a href="ProQuest" title="ProQuest">ProQuest</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/221027589">221027589</a>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFRobinson1998" class="citation journal cs1">Robinson, Phillip (December 1, 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/271624076/">"Shopping for TV tuners"</a>. <i>The San Diego Union-Tribune</i>. Union-Tribune Publishing Company: 4. <a href="ProQuest" title="ProQuest">ProQuest</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/271624076">271624076</a>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFStaff_writer1998" class="citation journal cs1">Staff writer (1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SzBAAQAAIAAJ&q=%22ixmicro%22+%22Lightning+II%22">"Gale Force Lighting II"</a>. <i>Data Communications</i>. <b>27</b> (3). McGraw-Hill: 6 – via Google Books.</cite></span>

</li>

</ol></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19991013022009/http://ixmicro.com/index2.html">Official website</a> at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (archived October 13, 1999)</li></ul></div><div><div class="zim-footer">

This article is issued from <a class="external text" title="Last edited on 2025-06-30" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?title=IXMicro&oldid=1298148650">Wikipedia</a>. The text is available under <a class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0</a> unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

</div>

</div></div>

</div>

</main>

</div>

</body></html>