S3 .18 Micron Design

S3 .18 Micron Design drops into the hardware pile today, which means another driver, card, audio update, or 3D oddity for those of us still fighting with Windows 95 and 98 boxes.

The important bit: S3 Incorporated and UMC Group announced they have successfully produced the graphics industry’s first 0.18 micron design. Recognized as one of the most advanced processes in the world, UMC Group’s 0.18 micron technology will enable S3 to deliver significantly higher-performing graphics accelerators that exceed even Intel’s Pentium II processor in terms of gate complexity. Specific details about S3’s first 0.18 micron design will be available when the part is officially launched in the first half of 1999.

Driver news is not glamorous, but when a card suddenly stops choking on a major game, nobody complains. This is the unsexy stuff that keeps the whole beige circus running.