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ARK Logic
ARK Logic, Inc., simply known as ARK (an abbreviation of Advanced Rendering Kernels), was an American computer graphics hardware company active from 1993 to 2002 and based in San Jose, California. The company designed a number of 2D graphics processing units (GPUs), largely Peripheral Component Interconnect, PCI-based, that saw moderate use in aftermarket graphics cards for personal computers in the 1990s. History Foundation (1993–1995) ARK Logic was principally founded by Ruey "Ray" Lu in 1993 in Santa Clara, California. Lewis Eggebrecht, the chief designer of the IBM Personal Computer, was hired as the chief scientific officer of ARK. The company released its first products to the market in October 1994, comprising a pair of GUI accelerators designed in-house by ARK. They were the ARK1000PV and the ARK2000PV, the former a 32-bit GUI accelerator and the latter a 64-bit GUI accelerator. Both used Dynamic random-access memory, DRAM and a host interface unit compatible with both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Clara, California
Santa Clara ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for "Clare of Assisi, Saint Clare") is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities and towns in the San Francisco Bay Area, eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area. Located in the southern San Francisco Bay Area, Bay Area, the city was founded by the Spanish in 1777 with the establishment of Mission Santa Clara de Asís under the leadership of Junípero Serra. Santa Clara is located in the center of Silicon Valley and is home to the headquarters of companies such as Intel, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and Nvidia. It is also home to Santa Clara University, the oldest university in California, and Levi's Stadium, the home of the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers, and California's Great America Park. Santa Clara is bordered by San Jose, California, San Jose on almost every side, except for Sunnyvale, California, Sunnyv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
