Appian Graphics was a supplier of

multi-monitor Multi-monitor, also called multi-display and multi-head, is the use of multiple physical display devices, such as monitors, televisions, and projectors, in order to increase the area available for computer programs running on a single computer sy ...

graphics accelerator A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit designed to manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device. GPUs are used in embedded systems, mob ...

s founded in 1994.

History

The company was best known for its Jeronimo and Gemini product lines, and for the HydraVision display management software. The main competitor for Appian on the multi-monitor solutions market was

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. The company was acquired in July 2001 by Colorgraphic Communications, Inc., which ceased business in 2007 or 2008. Appian Graphics originally developed HydraVision in the late 1990s for their multi-head display solutions.

ATI Technologies ATI Technologies Inc. (commonly called ATI) was a Canadian semiconductor industry, semiconductor technology corporation based in Markham, Ontario, Markham, Ontario, that specialized in the development of graphics processing units and chipsets. Fo ...

acquired HydraVision in July 2001 along with Appian's HydraVision team to join its then-new dual-head

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and 8500 series.

Graphics adapters

* Appian Graphics Jeronimo J2/N ** Dual Head 3/4 size PCI adapter ** 4 MB **

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CL-GDGD5462-HC-B chipset * Appian Jeronimo Pro ** Dual Head PCI adapter ** 8 or 16MB (4 or 8MB/head) **

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Permedia 2 VPU chipset * Appian Jeronimo Pro 4-Port ** Quad Head PCI adapter ** 32MB (8MB/head) **

Permedia 2 VPU chipset * Appian Jeronimo 2000 ** DualHead PCI adapter ** 64MB (32MB/head) **

Permedia 3 VPU chipset * Appian Gemini ** Dual Head AGP 2X adapter ** 16MB SGRAM ** S3 Savage MX chipset based *Appian Rushmore **Quad Head PCI adapter **64MB (32MB/head) **Dual

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chipset based

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