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NeoMagic

NeoMagic Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company and supplier of low-power audio and video integrated circuits for mobile use (MagicMedia).

NeoMagic Corporation
Company typeManufacturing, e-Commerce
OTC Pink: NMGC
Founded1993
HeadquartersSan Jose, California
ProductsSOCs
Websitewww.neomagic.com

In October 2012, NeoMagic entered into the e-commerce arena with the acquisition of its MercadoMagico.com division. MercadoMagico.com provides a multivendor platform where users buy and sell products from one another or buy electronic products directly.

History

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NeoMagic Corporation was founded in 1993 in California.[1] Working with semiconductor vendor Mitsubishi Electric as a key foundry supplier, NeoMagic introduced its first graphics processors in 1995;[2] these were notable for being the first chips to combine a graphics logic and DRAM video memory into one chip.[3] As this was a more power-efficient method than ones previously used by graphics processors, most of the major laptop manufacturers of the time began to use NeoMagic graphics chips in their systems.[2] In 2000, NeoMagic left the laptop market completely,[4] and switched their focus to producing systems on a chip, or SOCs, for mobile phones and other handheld devices, like PDAs.[5] The firm's first handheld chips were unveiled in 2001, when NeoMagic introduced the MiMagic line.[6] The initial MiMagic chips were based on a 32-bit MIPS Technologies RISC processor core, and featured 4MB of embedded DRAM, as well as a 1024x768-capable graphics chip, and an AC'97-compatible sound processor.[6] Subsequent versions of the MiMagic chip family starting from the MiMagic 3 in 2002, were based on 32-bit ARM RISC processor cores.[7] In October 2012, NeoMagic acquired MercadoMagico.com.[8] In November 2023 they acquired Advanced Microwave Incorporated.[9][10]

MagicGraph

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MagicGraph128XD
NM2160C
 
MagicMedia256AV
NM2200C-A
Model Chipset
MagicGraph 128 NM2070
MagicGraph 128V NM2090
MagicGraph 128ZV NM2093
MagicGraph 128ZV+ NM2097
MagicGraph 128XD NM2160
MagicMedia 256AV NM2200
MagicMedia 256AV+ NM2230
MagicMedia 256ZX NM2360
MagicMedia 256XL+ NM2380

Adoption

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These chips were used in a number of different laptop computers.[11] In 1998, Red Hat was able to release the source code of the XFree86 driver developed by Precision Insight Inc. which was previously distributed as proprietary software.[12] The NeoMagic driver included in the Linux kernel is partly based on the XFree86 one.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Chip Maker NeoMagic Plans IPO". Los Angeles Times. 1997-01-22. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
  2. ^ a b Pitta, Julie (July 1, 1998). "Reboot NeoMagic". Forbes. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  3. ^ Malik, O.P. (June 24, 1997). "NeoMagic on the rise". Forbes. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  4. ^ Hachman, Mark (April 21, 2000). "NeoMagic to exit PC graphics mkt. for wireless". EETimes. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  5. ^ Blickenstorfer, Conrad H. "Magic? No, NeoMagic". Pen Computing Magazine. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  6. ^ a b "NeoMagic hopes to weave new magic with RISC-based chips for handhelds". EETimes. July 10, 2001. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  7. ^ "Smallest SoC suits multimedia handhelds". Electronic Products. 2002-10-01. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  8. ^ "About Us". NeoMagic Corporation. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  9. ^ "NeoMagic (R) Corporation Announces Acquisition of Advanced Microwave Inc". PR.com. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  10. ^ "NeoMagic (R) Corporation Announces Acquisition of Advanced Microwave Inc". Yahoo Finance. 2023-11-16. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  11. ^ "xorg / driver / xf86-video-neomagic". GitLab. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  12. ^ "Neomagic driver source code released to Xfree86". www.redhat.com. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  13. ^ "torvalds/linux". GitHub. Retrieved 2020-03-03.

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