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During the 1980s and 1990s a relatively large number of companies appeared selling primarily 2D Graphics Card s, but later 3D also. Most of those companies have subsequently disappeared, as the increasing complexity of GPU s substantially increased research and development costs. Some of the companies went bankrupt. Some were bought out. Others sold out. It is notable that so far ATI Technologies is the only graphics card vendor that has lasted for any amount of time, although NVIDIA , through its successful motherboard diversification, also seems relatively secure. DEFUNCT GRAPHIC CHIP VENDORS These companies designed graphics chips.
DEFUNCT GRAPHIC CARD VENDORS These companies bought the chips, and then integrated them into end user boards. Over time, the major motherboard manufacturers such as ASUS and ABIT used their buying power, contracts, and expertise, to take over this market space.
OTHER The following companies are still in operation, but no longer design PC graphics chips:
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