3Dlabs

3DLABS Inc. Ltd.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySemiconductors, electronics
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
FounderYavuz Ahıska and Osman Kent
FateAcquired by Creative Technology in 2002 and became ZiiLABS in 2009
ProductsMedia-rich application processors for Handheld and embedded devices
ParentCreative Technology
Websiteziilabs.com,
legacy graphics card support 3dlabs.com

3DLABS Inc. Ltd. was a fabless semiconductor company. It was founded by Yavuz Ahıska and Osman Kent in 1994 with headquarters in San Jose, California.[1] It originally developed the GLINT and PERMEDIA[1] high-end graphics chip technology that was used on many of the world's leading computer graphics cards in the CAD and DCC markets, including its own Wildcat and Oxygen cards.

In 2006 the company focused development efforts on its emerging media processing business, and in 2009 became the Singapore-based ZiiLABS.

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