<s>
During	O
the	O
1980s	O
and	O
1990s	O
a	O
relatively	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
companies	O
appeared	O
selling	O
primarily	O
2D	O
graphics	B-Device
cards	I-Device
and	O
later	O
3D	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
those	O
companies	O
have	O
subsequently	O
disappeared	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
increasing	O
complexity	O
of	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
substantially	O
increased	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
costs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
and	O
VIA	O
Technologies	O
remain	O
as	O
producers	O
of	O
primarily	O
integrated	O
solutions	O
,	O
while	O
Matrox	B-Application
targets	O
niche	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amongst	O
the	O
notable	O
discrete	B-Device
graphics	I-Device
card	O
vendors	O
,	O
ATI	O
Technologies	O
acquired	O
by	O
AMD	O
in	O
2006	O
and	O
since	O
renamed	O
to	O
AMD	O
and	O
NVIDIA	O
are	O
the	O
only	O
ones	O
that	O
have	O
lasted	O
.	O
</s>
