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


Products


Video cards

* The Twin Turbo-128
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series, including the 128S and 128P2, came standard on the Power Macintosh 9600 and was a high-performance upgrade for the Power Macintosh 8600. * The TwinTurbo 128M8, a PCI video card, came with the
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5000/300. This video card was also used in the
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Pulsar 2500 ( SuperMac S900/250). It has 8MB SGRAM. * The ix3D Dual Monitor was a dual-monitor video card for Mac and clones. * The ix3D Game Rocket was a 3D accelerator based on the
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Voodoo Banshee chipset. * The ix3D Road Rocket was a 2D and 3D
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video accelerator for the Apple Macintosh
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series, with 4 MB SGRAM and support for an extended desktop at 1280×1040. * 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. * The TwinTurbo 128P8 was a PCI video card for the PC x86 market with standard 15-pin VGA connector.


Video capture

* iXMicro also offered ixTV or Turbo TV video capture devices.


ATM cards

* The Lightning II ATM 155/25 PCI cards


See also

* Macintosh clone


References


External links

* {{webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991013022009/http://ixmicro.com/index2.html, date=October 13, 1999, title=Official website American companies established in 1994 American companies disestablished in 2000 Computer companies established in 1994 Computer companies disestablished in 2000 Defunct computer companies of the United States Graphics hardware companies Manufacturing companies based in San Jose, California