Spea software
| Spea Software AG | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1985 |
| resolution | November 1995 (acquisition) |
| Seat | Starnberg ( Bavaria ), Germany |
| management | Ulrich Seng |
| sales | 174 million DM (1994) |
| Branch | Computers, hardware, graphics cards |
The Spea Software AG was in Starnberg ( Bavaria -based) company that was founded in 1985 by Ulrich Seng (* 1952). It existed until 1995.
Spea stood for systems for professional electronics and automation . Spea was best known for its graphics cards for the VESA local bus and PCI .
In 1992 the company went public. In May 1993, the California company Video Seven in Fremont (California) was taken over by Spea. This gave rise to the product name SPEA / V7. Video Seven closed its doors in July 1993 after filing for bankruptcy.
In November 1995 the company was taken over by Diamond Multimedia .
Products
Although the company is considered a German graphics card pioneer, the company did not develop any graphics chips itself (such as Matrox ), but built chipsets from various manufacturers (including S3 , Tseng Labs , Avance Logic ) for its graphics and multimedia cards . The drivers were developed by Spea itself.
| Model name | bus | Chipset name | Chipset manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire GL | PCI | GLINT GX300, S3 Vision968 | 3DLabs, S3 |
| ShowTime Plus | PCI, VL | ET4000 / W32 (i / p) | Tseng Labs |
| V7 Mercury | ISA, VL, PCI | S3 928 | S3 |
| V7 Mercury Lite | PCI | S3 928 | S3 |
| V7 Mercury Pro | ISA, VL | S3 928 | S3 |
| V7 Mercury P-64 | PCI, VL | S3 Vision964 | S3 |
| V7-Mercury P-64 V | PCI, VL | S3 Vision968 | S3 |
| V7 Mirage | ISA, VL | S3 801/805 | S3 |
| V7-Mirage P-32 | PCI, VL | S3 Trio32 | S3 |
| V7-Mirage P-64 | PCI, VL | S3 864 | S3 |
| V7-Mirage P-64 (with S3 Trio64) | PCI | S3 Trio64 | S3 |
| V7-Mirage P-64 V | PCI, VL | S3 868 | S3 |
| V7 Mirage Video | PCI | S3 Trio64V + | S3 |
| V7 Mirage Video TV | PCI | S3 Trio64V + | S3 |
| V7-VEGA | ISA, VL | CL-GD542x | Cirrus Logic |
| V7-VEGA Pro | PCI, VL | TGUI9440 | Trident |
| V7-VEGA Plus | PCI, VL | ALG2301, ALG2228 | Avance Logic |
| V7-VEGA video | PCI, VL | ALG2302 | Avance Logic |
| V7 Storm | PCI, VL | Power 9100 | Weitek |
| V7 Storm Pro | PCI, VL | Power 9100 | Weitek |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Founder: Small mistake . In: Der Spiegel . No. 25 , 1988, pp. 107-109 ( online ).
- ↑ New products from Fast, Miro and Spea Speech and video processing on the way to the PC standard. In: computerwoche.de. February 24, 1995, accessed August 12, 2013 .
- ↑ Ulrich Seng . duedil.com
- ↑ Contemporary witnesses: Uli Seng . ( Memento from December 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) mum.de
- ↑ Spea Software AG's IPO is now a done deal . computerwoche.de
- ↑ Main shareholder Seng resigns from chairmanship Spea Software AG reshapes board due to business expansion . computerwoche.de
- ↑ How to Obtain Support for Video Seven Video Boards . microsoft.com
- ^ Spea takeover by Diamond Multimedia . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) channelpartner.de
- ↑ Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 8, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )