The resulting company renamed itself to SONICblue Incorporated, and, two years later, the graphics portion was spun off into a new joint effort with VIA Technologies.

[2] These chips were popular with video card manufacturers, and their followup designs, including the Trio64, made strong inroads with OEMs.

Their next design, the Savage 3D, was released early and suffered from driver issues, but it introduced S3TC, which became an industry standard.

[6] The resulting company renamed itself SONICblue, refocused on consumer electronics, and sold its graphics business to VIA Technologies.

[8] In November, the United States International Trade Commission ruled against S3 in a patent dispute with Apple.