

A 3D accelerator was developed in the mid-1990s, but it was not widely used. Avance Logic focused particularly on the development of low-cost, highly integrated electronic components for OEM manufacturers and was active in the areas of 2D graphics and audio.

was a hardware manufacturer founded in 1991 in Fremont, California, and was most recently headquartered in San Jose, California. As of 2019, Realtek employs 5,000 people, of whom 78% work in research and development. Realtek currently manufactures and sells a variety of microchips globally and its product lines broadly fall into three categories: communications network ICs, computer peripheral ICs, and multimedia ICs. Realtek was founded in October 1987 and subsequently listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998. Realtek Semiconductor Corp ( Chinese: 瑞昱半導體股份有限公司 pinyin: Ruìyù Bàndǎotǐ Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a fabless semiconductor company situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
