Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 09.11.06 at 14:09:46
on the article from the GeForce 8800 series I read this on the last page:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/391/27/
The first "real" 3D accelerator (we could not call it a graphics card in these days) I ever tested was made by 3Dfx, the SST-1 (Sellers, Smith, Tarolli-1).
The add-on board was comprised out of a set of two single chips each with a dedicated function (the raster chip and the texturing chip).
Each chip had roughly one million transistors. Most of you who have been following Guru3D.com know this , but prior to the "Guru of 3D" name this website was called
"The Voodoo Guru".
http://www.guru3d.com/admin/imageview.php?image=8726
The two 3DFX chips combined made a product called the "Voodoo Graphics" add-on card. This is literally how this site was named. This is actually where my life literally changed and became focused on the graphics industry.
ah what sweet to read again ;D
So I found out that SST-1 means (Sellers, Smith, Tarolli-1).
here are all 3 people :)
Scott Sellers, Chief Technical Officer and Founder:
Ross Q. Smith, Marketing and Business Development:
Gary Tarolli, Chief Technical Officer and Founder:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/391/27/
The first "real" 3D accelerator (we could not call it a graphics card in these days) I ever tested was made by 3Dfx, the SST-1 (Sellers, Smith, Tarolli-1).
The add-on board was comprised out of a set of two single chips each with a dedicated function (the raster chip and the texturing chip).
Each chip had roughly one million transistors. Most of you who have been following Guru3D.com know this , but prior to the "Guru of 3D" name this website was called
"The Voodoo Guru".
http://www.guru3d.com/admin/imageview.php?image=8726
The two 3DFX chips combined made a product called the "Voodoo Graphics" add-on card. This is literally how this site was named. This is actually where my life literally changed and became focused on the graphics industry.
ah what sweet to read again ;D
So I found out that SST-1 means (Sellers, Smith, Tarolli-1).
here are all 3 people :)
Scott Sellers, Chief Technical Officer and Founder:
Ross Q. Smith, Marketing and Business Development:
Gary Tarolli, Chief Technical Officer and Founder:
