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This is the first in a multi piece series of editorials that will be done by myself. The intent of these will be to follow the happenings of Matrox on the business health side and the technology side as it continues to progress so to speak.
Many MURC loyalists are probably wondering right now what is going on at Matrox; what with all the hope and promise of the Parhelia arriving and falling back in the shadows of the other products on the market at the time, it's a given.
To cut to the core of what is on my mind personally after visiting my ties with Matrox one on one, they are hurting. Let me clarify a bit, I have spoken with, in person, several individuals who have lost their jobs at Matrox, and others who have left recently to move on to greener pastures. Matrox is ill right now. I predicted it last year when in my article Haig For President. They needed to follow through with professional attention to the fine details on the Parhelia project, and it seems they have fumbled the ball for the most part. As a result, Matrox's video card division is ailing and rapidly dwindling in size. The cause of this seems to be the same cause that I described then. Mismanagement by people who need to step aside and allows those who know what the winds are in the industry (people like Haig and his staff). Matrox's owners need to step up those in charge of the development of the Parhelia and those who made the key decisions that crippled the project and fix them. Right now, ASAP, the sooner the better.
Enough of the bad news, let's move on with some glimmers of hope and sparks within the company. It would seem they are readying not only revisions of the Parhelia which could be due out not too far from now, providing they have enough staff to pull it off, but they also have the next generation of the Parhelia core. Much like the G400 was to the G200, the next core will be to the Parhelia. A big refinement of current technology and advances in the core design, with updated and more powerful features. This promises to deliver over twice the power on paper, and full feature sets not seen on the current card. In addition, refinements to the Fragment Anti Aliasing is already near completion on this project alone. Things should get real interesting, and I will be diving into more on these two separate projects in the near future.
Just like Parhelia's future depended on precise execution, these projects very much so depend on perfect execution. Again, I have an open plea to the powers that be at Matrox to reconsider their current decision on who is in charge, and go with someone who has polished a tougher portion of the company, Haig in tech support, or at least someone like him. He understands the market, the customers, and the business. None of which I think is ture of the current throne.
VigilAnt
This is the first in a multi piece series of editorials that will be done by myself. The intent of these will be to follow the happenings of Matrox on the business health side and the technology side as it continues to progress so to speak.
Many MURC loyalists are probably wondering right now what is going on at Matrox; what with all the hope and promise of the Parhelia arriving and falling back in the shadows of the other products on the market at the time, it's a given.
To cut to the core of what is on my mind personally after visiting my ties with Matrox one on one, they are hurting. Let me clarify a bit, I have spoken with, in person, several individuals who have lost their jobs at Matrox, and others who have left recently to move on to greener pastures. Matrox is ill right now. I predicted it last year when in my article Haig For President. They needed to follow through with professional attention to the fine details on the Parhelia project, and it seems they have fumbled the ball for the most part. As a result, Matrox's video card division is ailing and rapidly dwindling in size. The cause of this seems to be the same cause that I described then. Mismanagement by people who need to step aside and allows those who know what the winds are in the industry (people like Haig and his staff). Matrox's owners need to step up those in charge of the development of the Parhelia and those who made the key decisions that crippled the project and fix them. Right now, ASAP, the sooner the better.
Enough of the bad news, let's move on with some glimmers of hope and sparks within the company. It would seem they are readying not only revisions of the Parhelia which could be due out not too far from now, providing they have enough staff to pull it off, but they also have the next generation of the Parhelia core. Much like the G400 was to the G200, the next core will be to the Parhelia. A big refinement of current technology and advances in the core design, with updated and more powerful features. This promises to deliver over twice the power on paper, and full feature sets not seen on the current card. In addition, refinements to the Fragment Anti Aliasing is already near completion on this project alone. Things should get real interesting, and I will be diving into more on these two separate projects in the near future.
Just like Parhelia's future depended on precise execution, these projects very much so depend on perfect execution. Again, I have an open plea to the powers that be at Matrox to reconsider their current decision on who is in charge, and go with someone who has polished a tougher portion of the company, Haig in tech support, or at least someone like him. He understands the market, the customers, and the business. None of which I think is ture of the current throne.
VigilAnt
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