3Dlabs PERMEDIA 2 graphics processor is recorded in the 1997 GPU research cohort under 3Dlabs. The current display name and classification are normalization proposals.
Source product name
PERMEDIA 2
Source model number
PERMEDIA 2
Source manufacturer
3Dlabs Incorporated
Research scope
PCI and AGP graphics-board and workstation contexts
Why it existed
independently interpreted
2-D/3-D graphics capability for downstream PCI and AGP boards
Intended users: Graphics-board makers and workstation-oriented users
Engineering response: PERMEDIA 2 graphics processor used by ELSA WINNER and GLoria board plans
ELSA's release identifies the PERMEDIA 2 chip and its intended use in WINNER and GLoria board products.
This is a board-maker source rather than a 3Dlabs purpose statement; no comparable benchmark is available in the frozen evidence.
What difference it made
Comparable benchmark evidence has not been established for this record. Missing results do not imply poor performance.
Release evidence
The year above is a research-cohort label. Announcement, production, shipment and retail availability are distinct events.
Proposed event
boardmaker chip support announcement
Proposed timing
1997-06-09 · exact precision
Assessment
review required
The registered board-maker release supports the PERMEDIA 2 chip identity and dated support announcement but not a 3Dlabs commercial chip-shipment event.
These notes preserve the state at intake. Later verification is shown under Release evidence above; an original note saying verification had not occurred is not the current assessment.
Imported source reference; independent verification has not occurred.
Original research note
Chip identity only. ELSA announced support for PERMEDIA 2 and described future board availability; the source does not prove the first commercial chip shipment.