iXMicro, Inc., a privately held company, was a graphics

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and

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manufacturer. The company was founded as Integrated Micro Solutions (IMS) in 1994 and ceased operations in 2000. The American actor

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served as vice president of graphics marketing for iXMicro.

Products

Video cards

* The Twin Turbo-128

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series, including the 128S and 128P2, came standard on the

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and was a high-performance upgrade for the

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. * The TwinTurbo 128M8, a PCI video card, came with the Motorola StarMax 5000/300. This video card was also used in the

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Pulsar 2500 (

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S900/250). It has 8MB SGRAM. * The ix3D Dual Monitor was a dual-monitor video card for Mac and clones. * The ix3D Game Rocket was a 3D accelerator based on the

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Voodoo Banshee chipset. * The ix3D Road Rocket was a 2D and 3D

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video accelerator for the Apple Macintosh

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series, with 4 MB SGRAM and support for an extended desktop at 1280×1040. * The ix3D Pro Rez was a 128-bit 2D and 3D graphics accelerator with 8 MB of

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. It supports resolutions up to 1600×1200 and refresh rates as high as 100 Hz. * The TwinTurbo 128P8 was a PCI video card for the PC x86 market with standard 15-pin

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Video capture

* iXMicro also offered ixTV or Turbo TV

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devices.

ATM cards

* The Lightning II

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155/25 PCI cards

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