NeoMagic
{{Short description|Fabless semiconductor company}}
{{Infobox company
|name = NeoMagic Corporation
|logo = File:NeoMagic logo.svg
|company_slogan =
|type = Manufacturing, e-Commerce
|foundation = 1993
|location = San Jose, California
|key_people =
|num_employees =
|products = SOCs
|homepage = {{URL|http://www.neomagic.com}}
|traded_as = {{OTC Pink|NMGC}}
}}
NeoMagic Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company and supplier of low-power audio and video integrated circuits for mobile use (MagicMedia).
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
NeoMagic Corporation was founded in 1993 in California.{{Cite web |date=1997-01-22 |title=Chip Maker NeoMagic Plans IPO |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-22-fi-20961-story.html |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} Working with semiconductor vendor Mitsubishi Electric as a key foundry supplier, NeoMagic introduced its first graphics processors in 1995;{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/1998/07/01/feat_side1.html|title=Reboot NeoMagic|last=Pitta|first=Julie|date=July 1, 1998|work=Forbes|accessdate=January 18, 2015}} these were notable for being the first chips to combine a graphics logic and DRAM video memory into one chip.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/1997/0624/neomagic.html|title=NeoMagic on the rise|last=Malik|first=O.P.|date=June 24, 1997|work=Forbes|accessdate=January 18, 2015}} 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. In 2000, NeoMagic left the laptop market completely,{{cite web|url=http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1125348|title=NeoMagic to exit PC graphics mkt. for wireless|last=Hachman|first=Mark|date=April 21, 2000|publisher=EETimes|accessdate=January 18, 2015}} and switched their focus to producing systems on a chip, or SOCs, for mobile phones and other handheld devices, like PDAs.{{cite web|url=http://www.pencomputing.com/frames/technology-report-neomagic.html|title=Magic? No, NeoMagic|last=Blickenstorfer|first=Conrad H.|publisher=Pen Computing Magazine|accessdate=January 18, 2015}} The firm's first handheld chips were unveiled in 2001, when NeoMagic introduced the MiMagic line.{{cite web|url=http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1181334|title=NeoMagic hopes to weave new magic with RISC-based chips for handhelds|date=July 10, 2001|publisher=EETimes|accessdate=January 18, 2015}} 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. Subsequent versions of the MiMagic chip family starting from the MiMagic 3 in 2002, were based on 32-bit ARM RISC processor cores.{{Cite web|url=http://www.electronicproducts.com/Digital_ICs/Smallest_SoC_suits_multimedia_handhelds.aspx|title=Smallest SoC suits multimedia handhelds|date=2002-10-01|website=Electronic Products|access-date=2019-06-13}} In October 2012, NeoMagic acquired MercadoMagico.com.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://neomagic.com/Company.html |accessdate=18 January 2015 |publisher=NeoMagic Corporation}} In November 2023 they acquired Advanced Microwave Incorporated.{{Cite web |title=NeoMagic (R) Corporation Announces Acquisition of Advanced Microwave Inc. |url=https://www.pr.com/press-release/899850 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=PR.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-16 |title=NeoMagic (R) Corporation Announces Acquisition of Advanced Microwave Inc. |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/neomagic-r-corporation-announces-acquisition-203927709.html |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-US}}
MagicGraph
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 20%;"
! rowspan="1" style="width:12em" | Model ! rowspan="1" |Chipset |
| style="text-align:left;" | MagicGraph 128
| NM2070 |
|---|
| style="text-align:left;" | MagicGraph 128V
| NM2090 |
| style="text-align:left;" | MagicGraph 128ZV
| NM2093 |
| style="text-align:left;" | MagicGraph 128ZV+
| NM2097 |
| style="text-align:left;" | MagicGraph 128XD
| NM2160 |
| style="text-align:left;" | MagicMedia 256AV
| NM2200 |
| style="text-align:left;" | MagicMedia 256AV+
| NM2230 |
| style="text-align:left;" | MagicMedia 256ZX
| NM2360 |
| style="text-align:left;" | MagicMedia 256XL+
| NM2380 |
= Adoption =
These chips were used in a number of different laptop computers.{{Cite web|url=https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-neomagic|title=xorg / driver / xf86-video-neomagic|website=GitLab|language=en|access-date=2020-03-03}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/press-neomagic|title=Neomagic driver source code released to Xfree86|website=www.redhat.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-03}} The NeoMagic driver included in the Linux kernel is partly based on the XFree86 one.{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/torvalds/linux|title=torvalds/linux|website=GitHub|language=en|access-date=2020-03-03}}
References
MercadoMagico.com http://www.themiddlemarket.com/news/neomagic-acquires-mercadomagico-com-234059-1.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/HUG1685831.html?mod=wsj_share_twitter
https://www.bloomberg.com/article/2013-05-07/atVaCKn_sLIc.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/article/2013-05-28/aG8jWqLGA5cU.html
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