IXMicro

iXMicro, Inc.

Formerly	Integrated Micro Solutions
Industry	Computer
Founded	1994;31 years ago (1994) in San Jose, California
Defunct	2000;25 years ago (2000)
Products	Graphics chipsets Video cards

iXMicro, Inc., a privately held company, was a graphics chipset and video card manufacturer. The company was founded as Integrated Micro Solutions (IMS) in 1994 and ceased operations in 2000. The American actor Christopher Knight served as vice president of graphics marketing for iXMicro. ^[1]

Products

IMS Twin Turbo 128 video card

Twin Turbo 128MA

Video cards

• The Twin Turbo-128 PCI series, including the 128S and 128P2, ^[2] came standard on the Power Macintosh 9600 and was a high-performance upgrade for the Power Macintosh 8600. ^[3]
• The TwinTurbo 128M8, a PCI video card, ^[4] came with the Motorola StarMax 5000/300. ^[5] This video card was also used in the Umax Pulsar 2500 (SuperMac S900/250). ^[6] It has 8MB SGRAM.
• The ix3D Dual Monitor was a dual-monitor video card for Mac and clones. ^{[7] [8]}
• The ix3D Game Rocket was a 3D accelerator based on the 3dfx Voodoo Banshee chipset. ^{[8] [9] : 38}
• The ix3D Road Rocket was a 2D and 3D CardBus video accelerator for the Apple Macintosh PowerBook G3 series, with 4 MB SGRAM and support for an extended desktop at 1280×1040. ^{[10] : 70}
• The ix3D Pro Rez was a 128-bit 2D and 3D graphics accelerator with 8 MB of SGRAM. It supports resolutions up to 1600×1200 and refresh rates as high as 100 Hz. ^[11]
• The TwinTurbo 128P8 was a PCI video card for the PC x86 market with standard 15-pin VGA connector. ^[12]

Video capture

• iXMicro also offered ixTV or Turbo TV video capture devices. ^[13]

ATM cards

• The Lightning II ATM 155/25 PCI cards ^[14]

See also

• Macintosh clone

References

1. Staff writer (January 4, 1999). "New Startup Company to Make Mac Peripherals". The Mac Observer. Archived from the original on March 8, 2000.
2. Gardner, Fred (April 15, 1996). "Multimedia on PCs taking off". Computer Reseller News (679). CMP Publications: 151. ProQuest   227456589.
3. Wroobel, Michael (June 23, 1997). "Apple". Computer Reseller News (742). CMP Publications: 152. ProQuest   227523003.
4. Loyola, Roman (September 1996). "Super-resolution graphics cards". MacUser. 12 (9). Ziff-Davis: 79 – via the Internet Archive.
5. Thompson, Tom (October 1997). "Three for Speed". Byte. 22 (10). CMP Media: 134 – via the Internet Archive.
6. "SuperMac S900/250 (Pulsar 2500) Specs". EveryMac. Kyle Media. n.d. Archived from the original on August 18, 2021.
7. Staff writer (June 14, 1999). "iXMicro Introduces Three New Mac Graphics Cards". The Mac Observer. Archived from the original on June 23, 2000.
8. Gulick, Rebecca (January 25, 1999). "iXMicro card to let designers view two monitors at once". EMediaweekly. ZDNet: 14 – via Gale.
9. Beale, Stephen (November 1999). "Graphics Accelerators". Macworld. 16 (11). IDG Publications: 38–39 – via the Internet Archive.
10. "Road Gear". Macworld. United Kingdom: IDG Publications: 69–71. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021.
11. Crotty, Cameron (February 1999). "Graphics accelerators". Macworld. United Kingdom: IDG Publications: 50. Archived from the original on June 20, 2021.
12. Staff writer (June 9, 1997). "Graphics board accelerates displays to extreme resolutions". Electronic Design. 45 (12). Penton Publishing: 156. ProQuest   221027589.
13. Robinson, Phillip (December 1, 1998). "Shopping for TV tuners". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Union-Tribune Publishing Company: 4. ProQuest   271624076.
14. Staff writer (1998). "Gale Force Lighting II". Data Communications. 27 (3). McGraw-Hill: 6 – via Google Books.

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived October 13, 1999)