Integrated Micro Solutions
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Integrated Micro Solutions (I.M.S.) San Jose, California
, later iXMicro, a privately held company, was a graphics chipsets and video card manufacturer. Christopher Knight was a vice president of graphics marketing for IXMICRO. The company ceased operations in 2000.
The Twin Turbo 128 PCI
series came standard on the Power Macintosh 9600
and was a high-performance upgrade for the Power Macintosh 8600
.
TwinTurbo 128M8 PCI card was a default videocard for the Motorola StarMax
5000/300. This videocard was also used in the Umax
Pulsar 2500 (SuperMac S900/250).
ix3D Dual Monitor was a dual-monitor videocard for Mac and clones.
ix3D Game Rocket was a 3D accelerator based on the 3dfx
Voodoo Banshee chipset.
ix3D Road Rocket was a 2D/3D Cardbus video accelerator for the Apple Macintosh PowerBook G3
series, with 4 MB SGRAM and support for an extended desktop at 1280x1040.
ix3D Pro Rez was a 128-bit 2D and 3D graphics accelerator with 8 MB of SGRAM. It supports resolutions up to 1600x1200 and refresh rates as high as 100 Hz.
TwinTurbo 128P8 was a PCI video card for the PC x86 market with standard 15-pin VGA connector
.
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, later iXMicro, a privately held company, was a graphics chipsets and video card manufacturer. Christopher Knight was a vice president of graphics marketing for IXMICRO. The company ceased operations in 2000.
Videocards
Peripheral Component Interconnect
Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer...
series came standard on the Power Macintosh 9600
Power Macintosh 9600
The Power Macintosh 9600 is a personal computer that is a part of Apple Computer's Power Macintosh series of Macintosh computers...
and was a high-performance upgrade for the Power Macintosh 8600
Power Macintosh 8600
The Power Macintosh 8600 is a personal computer that is a part of Apple Computer's Power Macintosh series of Macintosh computers. It was introduced at a processor speed of 200 MHz in February 1997 alongside the Power Macintosh 7300 and the Power Macintosh 9600. It replaced the Power Macintosh...
.
TwinTurbo 128M8 PCI card was a default videocard for the Motorola StarMax
Motorola StarMax
The Motorola StarMax was a line of Macintosh clones produced by Motorola in 1996 and 1997. They used versions of Apple's Tanzania motherboard, which was designed to use standard IBM PC compatible components in addition to Apple-proprietary components then in common use in the Power Macintosh family...
5000/300. This videocard was also used in the Umax
Umax
UMAX Technologies is a manufacturer of computer products, including scanners, mice, and flash drives, based in Taiwan. The company also uses the Yamada and Vaova brand names.-History:...
Pulsar 2500 (SuperMac S900/250).
ix3D Dual Monitor was a dual-monitor videocard for Mac and clones.
ix3D Game Rocket was a 3D accelerator based on the 3dfx
3dfx
3dfx Interactive was a company that specialized in the manufacturing of 3D graphics processing units and, later, graphics cards. It was a pioneer in the field for several years in the late 1990s until 2000 when it underwent one of the most high-profile demises in the history of the PC industry...
Voodoo Banshee chipset.
ix3D Road Rocket was a 2D/3D Cardbus video accelerator for the Apple Macintosh PowerBook G3
PowerBook G3
The PowerBook G3 is a line of laptop Macintosh computers made by Apple Computer between 1997 and 2000. It was the first laptop to use the PowerPC G3 series of microprocessors...
series, with 4 MB SGRAM and support for an extended desktop at 1280x1040.
ix3D Pro Rez was a 128-bit 2D and 3D graphics accelerator with 8 MB of SGRAM. It supports resolutions up to 1600x1200 and refresh rates as high as 100 Hz.
TwinTurbo 128P8 was a PCI video card for the PC x86 market with standard 15-pin VGA connector
VGA connector
A Video Graphics Array connector is a three-row 15-pin DE-15 connector. The 15-pin VGA connector is found on many video cards, computer monitors, and some high definition television sets...
.
External links
- #9 Imagine 128 Series 2 vs. IXMicro's Twin Turbo M8
- Old IXMICRO website at web.archive.org
- Enthusiast support page www.integratedmicro.com at webarchive