NeoMagic
| NeoMagic Corporation | |
| Company type | Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Santa Clara, California |
| Products | Processors |
| Website | www.neomagic.com |
NeoMagic Corporation Nasdaq: NMGC is a fabless semiconductor company and supplier of low-power audio and video integrated circuits for mobile use (MagicMedia). NeoMagic designs and delivers consumer electronic device solutions with semiconductors and software offering exciting new product functionality for Video, TV, Imaging, Graphics, and Audio.
NeoMagic was a leader in VGA until the early 2000s, when it lost out to more-powerful, 3D-capable devices from other vendors. NeoMagic then entered the smartphone and handheld device market with its family of MiMagic devices, including the MiMagic 3, MiMagi 5, and MiMagic 6. Market acceptance was weak, and in September of 2008, NeoMagic laid off virtually all employees and ceased most operations. Certain devices continued to be sold from inventory, and via supplies from the fab company who had made the devices previously.
In October 2012, NeoMagic entered into the e-Commerce arena with the acquisition of its MercadoMagico.com division. MercadoMagico.com is an e-Commerce platform that will target the U.S. Market with a special focus on the fast growing Hispanic and Latino community. MercadoMagico.com provides a platform where users will be able to buy and sell products from one another or buy premium electronic products directly from MercadoMagico.com.
MagicGraph / MagicMedia Products
| Model | Chipset |
|---|---|
| MagicGraph 128 | NM2070 |
| MagicGraph 128V | NM2090 |
| MagicGraph 128ZV | NM2093 |
| MagicGraph 128ZV+ | NM2097 |
| MagicGraph 128XD | NM2160 |
| MagicMedia 256AV | NM2200 |
| MagicMedia 256AV+ | NM2230 |
| MagicMedia 256ZX | NM2360 |
| MagicMedia 256XL+ | NM2380 |
History
NeoMagic Corporation was incorporated in California in May 1993 and subsequently reincorporated in Delaware in February 1997.
NeoMagic's first products pioneered the concept of integrating the major component parts of a computer video system (video memory, logic and analog circuitry such as a RAMDAC) into one integrated circuit package. This allowed notebook computer makers to design smaller and more space-efficient circuit boards for their computers. The company referred to this technology as MAGIC, an acronym that stood for Memory And loGIC.