I saw this @ Accelenation.com and this is what they said:
This article should really be called "7 Years of 3D Graphics" because 3D acceleration seemed a suitable starting point. For this reason I decided to chart the endeavors of those companies that have produced 3D graphical processors. Some of these have also produced their own boards, but to cover all of the board manufactures would be too great an undertaking. For this reason most of the images in this article refer to the chip used and not the board name. Click on Read More... for the link to the article. Click here to go to the article.
This article should really be called "7 Years of 3D Graphics" because 3D acceleration seemed a suitable starting point. For this reason I decided to chart the endeavors of those companies that have produced 3D graphical processors. Some of these have also produced their own boards, but to cover all of the board manufactures would be too great an undertaking. For this reason most of the images in this article refer to the chip used and not the board name. Click on Read More... for the link to the article. Click here to go to the article.