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Famous Graphics Chips: AT&T Truevision’s Targa

AT&T used to be into advanced graphics and image processing and many of the leading concepts that survive and underpin today’s products were created there. Electronic Photography and Imaging Center (EPICenter), co-founded by Carl Calabria, was AT&T's first intrapreneurial venture. AT&T EPICenter was an internal spin-off of AT&T created to market new technologies AT&T had developed for color frame buffers ...

Jon Peddie

AT&T used to be into advanced graphics and image processing and many of the leading concepts that survive and underpin today’s products were created there. Electronic Photography and Imaging Center (EPICenter), co-founded by Carl Calabria, was AT&T's first intrapreneurial venture. AT&T EPICenter was an internal spin-off of AT&T created to market new technologies AT&T had developed for color frame buffers advanced image processing and editing systems. The Targa (Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter) add-in board (AIB) was one such classic from the AT&T EPICenter. Truevision went on to pioneer the desktop digital video editing industry with the introduction of the
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