Quantum3D
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Quantum3D was founded in March 31, 1997 as a spin-off from 3dfx
that was created to bring 3dfx's scalable graphics technologies (the Voodoo family of graphics chips) to the game enthusiast, coin-op/arcade/LBE and visual simulation and training market.
Founded by 3dfx and SGI
co-founders, including John Archdeacon, Charles Kuta
, and Dale Stimson, the company has developed a range of 3dfx and now NVIDIA-based board level and system level products for advanced, realtime 3D graphics and video intensive applications. Quantum3D was instrumental in bringing advanced graphics products to the PC-game enthusiast market and for bringing PC-based, open architecture systems to both the coin-op/arcade/LBE market and to the visual and sensor simulation and training (VSST) market for both military and commercial applications. In addition, Quantum3D has also been a pioneer in bringing commercial off-the-shelf
(COTS) graphics subsystems into the embedded visual computing (EVC) market for avionics, vetronics and command and control applications.
Concurrent with the sale of 3dfx assets to NVIDIA
in 2000, Quantum3D switched to NVIDIA as its primary graphics technology supplier. Since that date, Quantum3D has introduced a number of VSST and EVC products including the Independence family of COTS image generators for flight simulation and other training applications as well as the Sentiris PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) and related Farsight programs that have resulted in COTS technology being placed in numerous commercial and military avionics and vetronics
applications.
The company is privately held and has approximately 90 employees as of 31 December 2005.
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...
that was created to bring 3dfx's scalable graphics technologies (the Voodoo family of graphics chips) to the game enthusiast, coin-op/arcade/LBE and visual simulation and training market.
Founded by 3dfx and SGI
Silicon Graphics
Silicon Graphics, Inc. was a manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions, including computer hardware and software, founded in 1981 by Jim Clark...
co-founders, including John Archdeacon, Charles Kuta
Charles Kuta
Charles Stanley "Herb" Kuta is an American electronics engineer and software engineer who was a co-founder of Silicon Graphics, a major graphics workstation manufacturer.Charles Kuta was brought up in Pennsylvania, USA...
, and Dale Stimson, the company has developed a range of 3dfx and now NVIDIA-based board level and system level products for advanced, realtime 3D graphics and video intensive applications. Quantum3D was instrumental in bringing advanced graphics products to the PC-game enthusiast market and for bringing PC-based, open architecture systems to both the coin-op/arcade/LBE market and to the visual and sensor simulation and training (VSST) market for both military and commercial applications. In addition, Quantum3D has also been a pioneer in bringing commercial off-the-shelf
Commercial off-the-shelf
In the United States, Commercially available Off-The-Shelf is a Federal Acquisition Regulation term defining a nondevelopmental item of supply that is both commercial and sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace, and that can be procured or utilized under government contract...
(COTS) graphics subsystems into the embedded visual computing (EVC) market for avionics, vetronics and command and control applications.
Concurrent with the sale of 3dfx assets to NVIDIA
NVIDIA
Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...
in 2000, Quantum3D switched to NVIDIA as its primary graphics technology supplier. Since that date, Quantum3D has introduced a number of VSST and EVC products including the Independence family of COTS image generators for flight simulation and other training applications as well as the Sentiris PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) and related Farsight programs that have resulted in COTS technology being placed in numerous commercial and military avionics and vetronics
Vetronics
Vetronics is an portmanteau of the words vehicle and electronics, used extensively in the military domain. The term also has limited usage in other contexts and in company branding, in particular in the veterinary and medical domains....
applications.
The company is privately held and has approximately 90 employees as of 31 December 2005.