NeoMagic: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox company |

|name = NeoMagic Corporation|

|logo = Neomagic-File:NeoMagic logo.JPGsvg |

|company_slogan = |

|type = Manufacturing, e-Commerce

|foundation = 1993 |

|location = [[San Jose, California]] |

|key_people = |

|num_employees = |

|products = [[System on a chip|SOCs]]|

|homepage = {{URL|http://www.neomagic.com }}

'''NeoMagic Corporation''' {{OTC Pink|NMGC}} 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-Commercecommerce]] arena with the acquisition of its MercadoMagico.com division. MercadoMagico.com provides a multivendor platform where users will be able to buy and sell products from one another or buy electronic products directly.

NeoMagic Corporation was founded in 1993 in California.<ref name="official hist">{{citeCite web |date=1997-01-22 |title=Chip Maker NeoMagic Plans IPO |url=httphttps://neomagicwww.latimes.com/Companyarchives/la-xpm-1997-01-22-fi-20961-story.html|title=About Us|publisheraccess-date=NeoMagic2022-10-20 Corporation|accessdatewebsite=18Los JanuaryAngeles 2015Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Working with semiconductor vendor [[Mitsubishi Electric]] as a key foundry supplier, NeoMagic introduced its first [[graphics card|graphics processors]] in 1995;<ref name="forbes1998">{{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}}</ref> these were notable for being the first chips to combine a graphics logic and [[Dynamic random-access memory|DRAM]] [[video memory]] into one chip.<ref name="forbes1997">{{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}}</ref> As this was a more power-efficient method than previousones graphicspreviously processorsused hadby usedgraphics processors, most of the major [[laptop]] manufacturers of the time began to use NeoMagic graphics chips in their systems.<ref name="forbes1998"/> In 2000, NeoMagic left the laptop market completely,<ref name="leavegpu">{{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}}</ref> and switched their focus to producing [[system on a chip|systems on a chip]], or SOCs, for [[mobile phone]]s and other handheld devices, like [[Personal digital assistant|PDA]]s.<ref name="pen computing">{{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}}</ref> The firm's first handheld chips were unveiled in 2001, when NeoMagic introduced the MiMagic line.<ref name="MiMagic">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="MiMagic"/> Subsequent versions of the MiMagic chip family starting from the MiMagic 3 in 2002, were based on 32-bit ARM RISC processor cores.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In October 2012, NeoMagic acquired [[MercadoMagico.com]].<ref name="official hist">{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://neomagic.com/Company.html |accessdate=18 January 2015 |publisher=NeoMagic Corporation}}</ref> In November 2023 they acquired Advanced Microwave Incorporated.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>