Intel buys Siru

Source: Alpha Coders   We first met Bitboys in 1991 when they showed us their design for a revolutionary new 3D graphics chip, a precursor to the GPU. The company had made a deal with TriTech, a spin-off from Chartered Semiconductor in Singapore. Things didn’t go well, and TriTech was shut down by the Singaporean government. A devastating blow to Bitboys, but not the end. In 1999, the resilient and always creative Bitboys introduced Glaze3D—Bitboys 2.0. This time they hooked up with Infineon for the fab. Then in 2001, barely surviving, Infineon pulled out of the deal and went off