Avance Logic

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Avance Logic, Inc.

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legal form Incorporation
founding 1991
resolution 2002 (already taken over by Realtek in 1995 )
Seat Fremont / California , USAUnited StatesUnited States 
Branch microelectronics
Website www.avance.com ( Memento from October 22, 1996 in the Internet Archive )

Avance Logic, Inc. was a hardware manufacturer that was founded in 1991 in Fremont , California and was last based in San José , California. Avance Logic focused particularly on the development of low-cost, highly integrated electronic components for OEM manufacturers and was active in the areas of 2D graphics and audio. In the mid-1990s, a 3D accelerator was also developed, but it was not widely used.

Avance Logic was taken over by Realtek as early as 1995 and was an independent subsidiary until the end of 2002. At the end of 2002 the company was then completely integrated into Realtek and has not existed since. The audio solutions from Realtek based on the technology of Avance Logic, which can be seen among others in the name prefixes "ALG" (Avance Logic Graphics) and "AS" (Avance Logic Sound).

Products

The Avance Logic product range consisted of the following products:

Graphics chips :

  • ALG 1300
  • ALG 1301 (with integrated MPEG decoder)
  • ALG 2032
  • ALG 2064
  • ALG 2101
  • ALG 2228
  • ALG 2301
  • ALG 2302 (with integrated MPEG decoder)
  • ALG 2564 (with integrated MPEG decoder)
  • ALG 25128 (with integrated MPEG decoder)

3D accelerator :

  • ALG 27000

Audio solutions :

  • AS 007
  • THAN 100
  • AS 200
  • ALS 4000