Implementing Neon: a 256-bit graphics accelerator
Joel McCormack, Robert J. McNamara, C. Gianos, Norman Paul Jouppi, T. Dutton, John Zurawski, Larry Seiler, Ken Correll · IEEE Micro · 1999
High-performance 3D graphics accelerators traditionally require multiple chips on multiple boards. In contrast, Neon-a single chip-performs like a multichip design, accelerating openGL 3D rendering and X11 and windows/NT 2D rendering.