# BitBoys

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**Bitboys [Oy](/source/Osakeyhti%C3%B6)** was a hardware development and licensing company based in [Finland](/source/Finland), founded in 1991 and acquired by [ATI Technologies](/source/ATI_Technologies) for up to [US$](/source/USD)44M on May 2, 2006.[1] Until the acquisition, Bitboys had focused on [mobile phone](/source/Mobile_phone) [gaming](/source/Video_game), and had developed a large [vector graphics](/source/Vector_graphics)-related portfolio.[2]

Bitboys was formed by some of the members of the [demogroup](/source/Demogroup) [Future Crew](/source/Future_Crew).[3][4]

Bitboys became infamous after the 1999 announcement of their [Glaze3D](/source/Glaze3D) series of [graphics cards](/source/Graphics_card), which later turned out to be [vaporware](/source/Vaporware).[5] When [Infineon Technologies](/source/Infineon_Technologies) shut down its embedded [DRAM](/source/Dynamic_random-access_memory) production line, Bitboys quickly transformed from PC desktop graphics chip business to mobile graphics IP business.[6] They could not find another manufacturer capable of producing the part because of the high amount of embedded [DRAM](/source/Dynamic_random-access_memory) used.

After the merger of ATI into the [AMD](/source/AMD) Graphics Product Group, the entire BitBoys Oy team was acquired by [Qualcomm](/source/Qualcomm) on January 22, 2009,[7] following the sale of AMD [Imageon](/source/Imageon) intellectual property to Qualcomm.

## References

1. Abazovic, Fuad (2006-05-02). ["ATI acquires Bitboys"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120321021516/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1021473/ati-acquires-bitboys). *[The Inquirer](/source/The_Inquirer)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1021473/ati-acquires-bitboys) on March 21, 2012. Retrieved 2011-01-11.

1. ["Bitboys offers tiny mobile graphics chips"](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/07/28/bitboys_offers_tiny_mobile_graphics/). *[The register](/source/The_register)*. 2003-07-28. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

1. ["Future Crew to work on commercial projects"](http://www.defacto2.net/apollo-x/fc.htm). Retrieved 2009-07-07.

1. ["The Crazy Story Of BitBoys"](http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/medfield-krait-smartphone-mobile-soc,3117-7.html). Retrieved 2015-06-29.

1. ["Bitboys' 3D superchip schedule slips again?"](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/08/14/bitboys_3d_superchip_schedule_slips/). *The Register*. 2000-08-14. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

1. ["Bitboys offers next-gen mobile 3D chips"](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/10/bitboys_g40/). *The Register*. 2004-08-10. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

1. ["Qualcomm acquires Bitboys"](http://www.investinfinland.fi/news/2009/en_GB/Qualcomm/). *Invest In Finland*. Retrieved 2009-07-07.

## External links

- [Bitboys Oy official website (archived version 2006)](https://web.archive.org/web/20060502011456/http://www.bitboys.com/)

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