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3dfx Oral History Panel with Ross Smith, Scott Sellers, Gary Tarolli, and Gordon Campbell

Computer History Museum · interview · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

A Computer History Museum oral history panel with four 3dfx founders on the company's rise with Voodoo Graphics and Glide, and its fall into bankruptcy. It runs about two and a half hours.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as the definitive retrospective on 3dfx, with first-hand stories about engineering hacks and design philosophy.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “This is a really great retrospective on 3dfx from four of the founders.”

    Retrospective on 3dfx from four founders

    djmips, 2023-03 · Strong recommendation · in “3dfx: So powerful it’s kind of ridiculous”

  2. “I would highly recommend watching the 3dfx Oral History Panel video from the Computer History Museum”

    Key 3dfx people on clever engineering hacks to squeeze silicon

    aldrich, 2023-03 · Strong recommendation · in “3dfx: So powerful it’s kind of ridiculous”

  3. “You might also like watching Computer History Museums”

    Panel with 3dfx founders who left Silicon Graphics

    rasz, 2018-02 · Recommendation · in “Fall of Voodoo”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: 3dfx, voodoo, oral history, gpu, glide, computer history

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