Matrox
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| Matrox Electronic Systems | |
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1976 |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Canada |
| Industry | Computer |
| Products | Graphic cards |
| Employees | 800+ |
| Website | www.matrox.com |
Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd is a Canadian company based in Dorval, Quebec, which produces video card components and equipment for personal computers. It was founded by Lorne Trottier and Branko Matić. The "ma" from Matić and "tro" from Trottier, combined with an "x" for excellence, forms the Matrox name.
Matrox specializes in professional multi-display graphics cards that enable more than one monitor to be driven by a single card. The targeted user-base for Matrox graphics cards largely consists of 2D, 3D, video, scientific, medical, military and financial workstation users.
During the 1990s, Matrox's Millennium line of video cards were noted for their exceptional 2D speed and visual quality. The company, having chosen to focus development on enterprise graphics requirements, gradually fell behind others in terms of 3D performance leaving competitors to absorb the mainstream graphics market share. In the 2000s, Matrox has continued to shift the focus of its card designs towards specialized, niche markets, moving more deeply into enterprise, industrial, and government applications. In recent years they have held no more than a 3–5% share of the total video card market.
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[edit] Three divisions
Matrox is now divided in three divisions: Matrox Graphics, Matrox Video and Matrox Imaging. Matrox Graphics is the primary consumer and end-user brand, while Matrox Video markets digital video editing solutions, and Matrox Imaging sells high-end video capture systems and "smart cameras", video cameras with a built-in computer for machine vision applications.
[edit] Graphic cards models
[edit] Early processors
- Matrox Ultima
- Matrox Impression
[edit] MGA-1064SG
[edit] MGA-2064W
- Matrox Millennium
[edit] MGA-1164SG
- Matrox Mystique 220
- Matrox Mystique 220 Business
[edit] MGA-2164W
- Matrox Millennium II
[edit] MGA-G100
- Matrox Productiva G100
- Matrox Productiva G100 MMS
[edit] MGA-G200 series
- Matrox Mystique G200
- Matrox Millennium G200
- Matrox Millennium G200 LE
- Matrox Millennium G200 DVI
- Matrox Millennium G200 MMS
- Matrox Marvel G200
- Matrox Millennium G250
- Matrox Millennium G250 LE
[edit] MGA-G400 series
- Matrox Millennium G400
- Matrox Millennium G400 MAX
- Matrox Marvel G400
- Matrox Millennium G450
- Matrox Millennium G450 DVI
- Matrox Millennium G450 MMS
- Digital First Millennium G450
- Matrox Marvel G450 eTV
- Matrox Millennium G550
- Digital First Millennium G550
- Matrox Millennium G550 DVI
- Matrox Millennium G550 Dual-DVI
- Matrox G550 PCIe X1
[edit] Matrox Parhelia series
- Matrox Parhelia (2002)
- Matrox Parhelia-512 (2003)
- Matrox Parhelia PCI
- Matrox Parhelia DL256
- Matrox Parhelia HR256
- Matrox Parhelia Precision SGT
- Matrox Parhelia Precision SDT
- Matrox APVe X16
[edit] Matrox P-series
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- Matrox Millennium P650
- Matrox Millennium P750
- Matrox P650 PCIe X16
- Matrox P650 PCIe X16 LP
- Matrox P650 PCI Low-profile
[edit] Matrox QID series
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- Matrox QID
- Matrox QID Low-profile PCI
- Matrox QID PCIe x16 LP
- Matrpx QID PRO
[edit] NEC PowerVR
- Matrox m3D
[edit] Remote Graphics Unit (RGU)
- Matrox Extio F1400
- Matrox Extio F1420
- Matrox Extio F1220
[edit] Graphic eXpansion Modules
- Matrox DualHead2Go
- Matrox TripleHead2Go
[edit] Medical imaging cards models
(Inconcise list)
- MED Series:
- MED2mp
- MED3mp
- MED5mp
- RAD Series:
- RAD2mp
- RAD3mp
- RAD9mp
- RADQ2mp
- TheatreVUE Series:
- TheatreVUE T20
- TheatreVUE T30
[edit] See also
- Computer graphics
- Graphics chip
- Graphics processing unit
- Matrox RT.X100
- ATI Technologies, the other major Canadian video graphics card company
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