iXMicro

{{Infobox company

| name=iXMicro, Inc.

| logo=IXMicro logo.svg

| former_name=Integrated Micro Solutions

| industry=Computer

| products={{ubl|Graphics chipsets|Video cards}}

| founded={{start date and age|1994}} in San Jose, California

| defunct={{end date and age|2000}}

}}

iXMicro, Inc., a privately held company, was a graphics chipset and video card manufacturer. The company was founded as Integrated Micro Solutions (IMS) in 1994 and ceased operations in 2000. The American actor Christopher Knight served as vice president of graphics marketing for iXMicro.{{cite web | last=Staff writer | date=January 4, 1999 | url=https://www.macobserver.com/news/99/january/990104/eskape.html | title=New Startup Company to Make Mac Peripherals | work=The Mac Observer | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000308173547/https://www.macobserver.com/news/99/january/990104/eskape.html | archivedate=March 8, 2000}}

Products

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=Video cards=

The Twin Turbo-128 PCI series, including the 128S and 128P2,{{cite journal | last=Gardner | first=Fred | date=April 15, 1996 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/227456589/ | title=Multimedia on PCs taking off | journal=Computer Reseller News | publisher=CMP Publications | issue=679 | page=151 | via=ProQuest}} came standard on the Power Macintosh 9600 and was a high-performance upgrade for the Power Macintosh 8600.{{cite journal | last=Wroobel | first=Michael | date=June 23, 1997 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/227523003/ | title=Apple | journal=Computer Reseller News | publisher=CMP Publications | issue=742 | page=152 | via=ProQuest}}
The TwinTurbo 128M8, a PCI video card,{{cite journal | last=Loyola | first=Roman | date=September 1996 | url=https://archive.org/details/MacUser9609September1996/page/n80/ | title=Super-resolution graphics cards | journal=MacUser | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=12 | issue=9 | page=79 | via=the Internet Archive}} came with the Motorola StarMax 5000/300.{{cite journal | last=Thompson | first=Tom | date=October 1997 | url=https://archive.org/details/BYTEVolume22Number10/page/n165/ | title=Three for Speed | journal=Byte | publisher=CMP Media | volume=22 | issue=10 | page=134 | via=the Internet Archive}} This video card was also used in the Umax Pulsar 2500 (SuperMac S900/250).{{cite journal | date=n.d. | url=https://everymac.com/systems/umax/s900/supermac_s900_250.html | title=SuperMac S900/250 (Pulsar 2500) Specs | journal=EveryMac | publisher=Kyle Media | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818055457/https://everymac.com/systems/umax/s900/supermac_s900_250.html | archivedate=August 18, 2021}} It has 8MB SGRAM.
The ix3D Dual Monitor was a dual-monitor video card for Mac and clones.{{cite web | last=Staff writer | date=June 14, 1999 | url=https://www.macobserver.com/news/99/june/990614/ixmicrocards.html | title=iXMicro Introduces Three New Mac Graphics Cards | work=The Mac Observer | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000623234348/https://www.macobserver.com/news/99/june/990614/ixmicrocards.html | archivedate=June 23, 2000}}{{cite journal | last=Gulick | first=Rebecca | date=January 25, 1999 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A53661901/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=iXMicro card to let designers view two monitors at once | journal=EMediaweekly | publisher=ZDNet | page=14 | via=Gale}}
The ix3D Game Rocket was a 3D accelerator based on the 3dfx Voodoo Banshee chipset.{{cite journal | last=Beale | first=Stephen | date=November 1999 | url=https://archive.org/details/Macworld9911November1999/page/n41/ | title=Graphics Accelerators | journal=Macworld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=16 | issue=11 | pages=38–39 | via=the Internet Archive}}{{rp|38}}
The ix3D Road Rocket was a 2D and 3D CardBus video accelerator for the Apple Macintosh PowerBook G3 series, with 4 MB SGRAM and support for an extended desktop at 1280×1040.{{cite journal | last= | first= | date= | url=https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_UK_99_00_01_Mag_PDFs/MacWorld_UK_Feb_1999/page/n31 | title=Road Gear | journal=Macworld | location=United Kingdom | publisher=IDG Publications | pages=69–71 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416035352/https://www.macworld.com/article/158914/roadgear.html | archivedate=April 16, 2021}}{{rp|70}}
The ix3D Pro Rez was a 128-bit 2D and 3D graphics accelerator with 8 MB of SGRAM. It supports resolutions up to 1600×1200 and refresh rates as high as 100 Hz.{{cite journal | last=Crotty | first=Cameron | date=February 1999 | url=https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_UK_99_00_01_Mag_PDFs/MacWorld_UK_Feb_1999/page/n22/ | title=Graphics accelerators | journal=Macworld | location=United Kingdom | publisher=IDG Publications | volume= | issue= | page=50 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620160530/https://www.macworld.com/article/158930/graphicsaccel.html | archivedate=June 20, 2021}}
The TwinTurbo 128P8 was a PCI video card for the PC x86 market with standard 15-pin VGA connector.{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=June 9, 1997 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/221027589/ | title=Graphics board accelerates displays to extreme resolutions | journal=Electronic Design | publisher=Penton Publishing | volume=45 | issue=12 | page=156 | via=ProQuest}}

=Video capture=

iXMicro also offered ixTV or Turbo TV video capture devices.{{cite journal | last=Robinson | first=Phillip | date=December 1, 1998 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/271624076/ | title=Shopping for TV tuners | journal=The San Diego Union-Tribune | publisher=Union-Tribune Publishing Company | page=4 | via=ProQuest}}

=ATM cards=

The Lightning II ATM 155/25 PCI cards{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=1998 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SzBAAQAAIAAJ&q=%22ixmicro%22+%22Lightning+II%22 | title=Gale Force Lighting II | journal=Data Communications | publisher=McGraw-Hill | volume=27 | issue=3 | page=6 | via=Google Books}}