Microelectronics - merged with IC Plus in 2002 Trident Microsystems - sold its video chip assets to XGI in 2003, bankrupt 2012 Tseng Labs - sold its video chip assets to ATI Technologies in 1997 Video 7 - merged with G2 to form Headland Technologies Weitek Corporation - maker of Power9000 brand of GPUs circa 1991-1994, bankrupt 1995 Western Digital Imaging - combined efforts of Paradise Systems and Faraday Computing, bought by Western Digital and allowed to go out of business Defunct graphics card makers Appian Graphics - acquired by ATI Technologies Artist Graphics - acquired by ATI Technologies BFG Technologies - liquidated in August 2010 Boca Research - acquired by Zoom Telephonics Cardinal Technologies - bankrupt Genoa Systems - bankrupt Hercules Computer Technology, Inc. - acquired by ELSA Technology, Inc., then by Guillemot Corporation Media Vision - bankrupt Nth Graphics - bankrupt Orchid Technology - acquired by Micronics Computers, then by Diamond Multimedia Paradise Systems - acquired by Western Digital, then by Philips, then de-emphasized SPEA AG - German vendor in late 1990s, acquired by Diamond Multimedia in 1995, then by ATI in 2001 STB Systems - acquired by 3dfx Interactive in 1999 Vermont Microsystems, Incorporated (VMI) Other The following companies are still in operation, but no longer design PC graphics chips: Acer Laboratories Incorporated - focusing on design and manufacturing of integrated circuits for the personal computer and embedded systems Cirrus Logic - sold its video chip assets Hercules - no longer manufactures graphics cards IIT Corp - reverted to a video-conferencing solutions company, and then later a VOIP service provider PowerVR - focusing on mobile graphics technologies Realtek - no longer makes graphics chips Silicon Integrated Systems (SIS) - sold its video chip assets to XGI Texas Instruments - withdrew from the computer market UMC - became a custom-only fab and discontinued all of its standard products in the late 1990s XGI - focusing on embedded and mobile applications Defunct graphics chips and card companies Graphics chips and card companies Graphics hardware