please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message quantum3d industry computer graphics founded 1997 headquarters san jose ca usa number of employees 90 2005 website www.quantum3d.com quantum3d is an american computer graphics company . it was founded on march 31 1997 1 as a spin off from 3dfx that was created to bring 3dfx s scalable graphics technologies the voodoo family of graphics chips to the game enthusiast coin op arcade lbe clarification needed and visual simulation and training market . founded by 3dfx gemini technology and sgi co founders along with former intel and sun microsystems employees including ross q. smith john archdeacon charles herb kuta dan downum phil huelson and dale stimson 2 the company has developed a range of 3dfx and now nvidia based board level and system level products for advanced realtime 3d graphics and video intensive applications . quantum3d was instrumental in bringing advanced graphics products to the pc game enthusiast market first sli graphics boards and for bringing pc based open architecture systems to both the coin op arcade lbe market graphite arcadepc and to the visual and sensor simulation and training vsst clarification needed market aalchemy pc ig for both military and commercial applications . citation needed in addition quantum3d has also been a pioneer in bringing commercial off the shelf cots graphics subsystems into the embedded visual computing evc 3 market for avionics vetronics and command and control applications . 1 concurrent with the sale of 3dfx assets to nvidia in 2000 quantum3d switched to nvidia as its primary graphics technology supplier . citation needed since that date quantum3d has introduced a number of vsst and evc products including the aalchemy and independence family of cots image generators for flight simulation and other training applications as well as the sentiris pci mezzanine card pmc expeditiondi dismounted infantry training system thermite tactical visual computer and farsight programs that have resulted in cots technology being placed in numerous commercial and military avionics and vetronics applications . the company also has a dedicated us federal subsidiary cg2 which provides visual computing related services and products to the united states department of defense via sbir and baa clarification needed programs . citation needed the company is privately held and had approximately 90 employees as of 31 december 2005 . citation needed references edit a b quantum3d inc. businessweek . quantum3d inc. ceo & executives businessweek . embedded visual computing . quantum3d . retrieved april 25 2012 . external links edit quantum3d website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title quantum3d & oldid 572189126 categories companies established in 1997computer companies of the united stateselectronics companies of the united statessoftware companies based in californiagraphics hardware companiescompanies based in san jose californianvidiahidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2010all articles needing additional referenceswikipedia articles needing clarification from april 2012all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2012articles with unsourced statements from august 2010use dmy dates from august 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 september 2013 at 13 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view