ATI acquires Bitboys
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At the very least ati got a great hype machine out of the deal. 
j/k
epic
j/k
epic
#Beyond3D regulars:
- As said, I was expecting something BIG to happen before E3 or during the show, but This was close to cause a heart attack.
...too bad though that 'boys didn't got a chance to clean up their public image. (though price reveals that their image was ok in the marketplace.)
- As said, I was expecting something BIG to happen before E3 or during the show, but This was close to cause a heart attack.
...too bad though that 'boys didn't got a chance to clean up their public image. (though price reveals that their image was ok in the marketplace.)
NocturnDragon
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Very nice indeed!
P.S. I haven't been earing from J. Paananen in a long time, is he still working there?
P.S. I haven't been earing from J. Paananen in a long time, is he still working there?
Lawl.epicstruggle said:At the very least ati got a great hype machine out of the deal.
I can't say I didn't see this happening. It can't have been easy for them to compete against the big heavyweights. Glad to see them bought by ATi tho, hope the canucks make good use of this resource. (And no, I'm not referring to the hype machine!
)43 is the latest number I have heard...tEd said:
NocturnDragon said:
J. Paananen alias JPaana here, has not been working at Bitboys afaik, but at the Ionific, that is their partner. (and has been quite long time.)
and yes, he is still working for Bitboys, maybe the closest guy to the company here.
afaik: he is the guy behind Axe's Dx8 eDRAM rasterizer engine. (I might be wrong here though...)
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While ATi will assumedly support Bitboys's current, OpenVG products, will they follow through with any remaining customers for Bitboys's OpenGL ES 1 and 2 technologies?
For this generation of 3D, perhaps ATi could offer Qualcomm the choice of G34 IP in addition to their current Imageon technology for SoCs, but will they offer G40, for the next generation, as an intermediate step before their Xenos-like design?
As ATi is very established already, they're probably most interested in the extra engineering resources that they gain by acquiring a competitor.
For this generation of 3D, perhaps ATi could offer Qualcomm the choice of G34 IP in addition to their current Imageon technology for SoCs, but will they offer G40, for the next generation, as an intermediate step before their Xenos-like design?
As ATi is very established already, they're probably most interested in the extra engineering resources that they gain by acquiring a competitor.
NocturnDragon
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[OT]
Can mods merge these 2 treads?
http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30346
Probably the most suitable forum is 3D Graphics Companies and Industry
Can mods merge these 2 treads?
http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30346
Probably the most suitable forum is 3D Graphics Companies and Industry
Well I must say it is about time..
Bitboys has some impressive technology under their belt. I am actually surprised that somebody hasn't released something based upon the tech. already, or this. But something was bound to happen. They've got some very bright guys over there that are good at thinking outside of the box.
Dave Barron
Ex- Beyond3d
Ex- 3dfx
Ex- Bitboys
Bitboys has some impressive technology under their belt. I am actually surprised that somebody hasn't released something based upon the tech. already, or this. But something was bound to happen. They've got some very bright guys over there that are good at thinking outside of the box.
Dave Barron
Ex- Beyond3d
Ex- 3dfx
Ex- Bitboys
I've got to wonder now if both companies Nokia rumors have in fact been the same rumor for some time. Maybe Nokia brokered this thing, by saying "We like BitBoys tech, but we've got to have a partner with the financial/market/infrastructure heft to give us the warm 'n fuzzies we need."
Something tells me ATI paid $44.3 million for OpenVG and the engineering talent is just bonus. They have a very competent OGL|ES 1.x solution in Imageon and are certainly capable of leveraging their desktop GPU tech for OGL|ES 2.x. In my mind that leaves OpenVG as the only logical reason to acquire Bitboys.
Time will tell.
Time will tell.
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