UMC, Trident Microsystems release samples of fastest 3D graphics processor for notebooks

Press release; Adam Connors, DigiTimes.com [Tuesday 16 April 2002]

Trident Microsystems, a US-based graphics chip maker, and its Taiwanese foundry partner United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have released samples of Trident’s new XP4, a 3D graphics processor with a performance of one billion pixels/second with consumption of a maximum of three watts ­ performance-per-watt twice that of products from Nvidia and ATI Technologies, the companies claim.

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