<s>
Matrox	B-Application
Graphics	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
a	O
producer	O
of	O
video	B-Device
card	I-Device
components	O
and	O
equipment	O
for	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
and	O
workstations	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
Graphics	I-Application
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
the	O
entity	O
most	O
recognized	O
by	O
the	O
public	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
making	O
graphics	B-Device
cards	I-Device
since	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
Video	O
Products	O
Group	O
,	O
which	O
produces	O
video-editing	O
products	O
for	O
professional	O
video	O
production	O
and	O
broadcast	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
division	O
of	O
Matrox	B-Application
Graphics	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
Electronic	O
Systems	O
Ltd.	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
parent	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sold	O
to	O
Zebra	O
Technologies	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
divestiture	O
of	O
Matrox	B-Application
Imaging	O
on	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2022	O
and	O
succeeded	O
by	O
Matrox	B-Application
Graphics	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
Imaging	O
,	O
which	O
produces	O
frame	O
grabbers	O
,	O
smart	O
cameras	O
and	O
image	O
processing/analysis	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
Networks	O
,	O
which	O
produced	O
corporate-grade	O
networking	O
equipment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
's	O
first	O
graphics	B-Device
card	I-Device
product	O
was	O
the	O
ALT-256	O
for	O
S-100	B-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
computers	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
Matrox	B-Application
's	O
cards	O
followed	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
hardware	B-Architecture
side	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
to	O
Multibus	B-Protocol
and	O
then	O
the	O
variety	O
of	O
PC	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
the	O
Matrox	B-Application
Millennium	O
series	O
of	O
cards	O
attracted	O
buyers	O
willing	O
to	O
pay	O
for	O
a	O
higher	O
quality	O
and	O
sharper	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
Matrox	B-Application
introduced	O
the	O
Matrox	B-Application
Impression	O
,	O
an	O
add-on	O
card	O
that	O
worked	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
a	O
Millennium	O
card	O
to	O
provide	O
3D	B-Architecture
acceleration	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Impression	O
was	O
aimed	O
primarily	O
at	O
the	O
CAD	B-Application
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
made	O
several	O
attempts	O
to	O
increase	O
its	O
share	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
for	O
3D-capable	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Matrox	B-Device
Mystique	I-Device
,	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
attempt	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
card	O
with	O
good	O
gaming	O
performance	O
and	O
with	O
pricing	O
suitable	O
for	O
that	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
had	O
good	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
performance	O
but	O
produced	O
poor	O
3D	O
images	O
with	O
the	O
result	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
derided	O
in	O
reviews	O
,	O
being	O
compared	O
unfavorably	O
with	O
the	O
Voodoo1	O
and	O
even	O
being	O
nicknamed	O
the	O
"	O
Matrox	B-Application
Mystake	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
attempt	O
was	O
the	O
Matrox	B-Application
G100	O
and	O
G200	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
G200	B-General_Concept
was	O
sold	O
as	O
two	O
models	O
,	O
the	O
Millennium	O
G200	B-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
higher-end	O
version	O
typically	O
equipped	O
with	O
8	O
MB	O
SGRAM	O
memory	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Mystique	O
G200	B-General_Concept
used	O
slower	O
SDRAM	O
memory	O
but	O
added	O
a	O
TV-out	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
G200	B-General_Concept
offered	O
competent	O
3D	O
performance	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
released	O
shortly	O
before	O
a	O
new	O
generation	O
of	O
cards	O
from	O
Nvidia	O
and	O
ATI	O
which	O
completely	O
outperformed	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
in	O
the	O
Matrox	B-Device
G400	I-Device
series	O
were	O
never	O
able	O
to	O
regain	O
the	O
crown	O
,	O
and	O
despite	O
huge	O
claims	O
for	O
the	O
Matrox	B-Device
Parhelia	I-Device
,	O
their	O
performance	O
continued	O
to	O
be	O
quickly	O
outpaced	O
by	O
the	O
major	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
Matrox	B-Application
has	O
continued	O
to	O
shift	O
the	O
focus	O
of	O
its	O
card	O
designs	O
towards	O
specialized	O
,	O
niche	O
markets	O
,	O
moving	O
more	O
deeply	O
into	O
enterprise	O
,	O
industrial	O
,	O
and	O
government	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
recent	O
years	O
they	O
have	O
held	O
no	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
3	O
–	O
5%	O
share	O
of	O
the	O
total	O
video	B-Device
card	I-Device
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
is	O
now	O
divided	O
into	O
three	O
divisions	O
:	O
Matrox	B-Application
Graphics	I-Application
,	O
Matrox	B-Application
Video	O
,	O
and	O
Matrox	B-Application
Imaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
Graphics	I-Application
is	O
the	O
primary	O
consumer	O
and	O
end-user	O
brand	O
,	O
while	O
Matrox	B-Application
Video	O
markets	O
digital	O
video	O
editing	O
solutions	O
,	O
and	O
Matrox	B-Application
Imaging	O
sells	O
high-end	O
video	O
capture	O
systems	O
and	O
"	O
smart	O
cameras	O
"	O
,	O
video	O
cameras	O
with	O
a	O
built-in	O
computer	O
for	O
machine	B-General_Concept
vision	I-General_Concept
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
6	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
announced	O
that	O
its	O
co-founder	O
Lorne	O
Trottier	O
had	O
acquired	O
100%	O
ownership	O
of	O
the	O
Matrox	B-Application
group	O
of	O
companies	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
three	O
divisions	O
—	O
Matrox	B-Application
Imaging	O
,	O
Matrox	B-Application
Graphics	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Matrox	B-Application
Video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Zebra	O
Technologies	O
announced	O
they	O
had	O
completed	O
their	O
acquisition	O
of	O
the	O
Matrox	B-Application
Imaging	O
division	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
support	O
Unix	O
and	O
Linux	O
,	O
Matrox	B-Application
has	O
released	O
only	O
binary	O
drivers	O
for	O
most	O
of	O
their	O
product	O
line	O
and	O
one	O
partially	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
driver	O
for	O
the	O
G550	O
card	O
which	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
binary	O
blob	O
to	O
enable	O
some	O
additional	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
do	O
not	O
work	O
on	O
newer	O
Linux	O
kernels	O
and	O
X.Org	B-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
proprietary	O
drivers	O
provided	O
by	O
Matrox	B-Application
,	O
the	B-Application
DRI	I-Application
community	O
has	O
provided	O
drivers	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
license	I-License
for	O
many	O
more	O
of	O
the	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
