<s>
Texas	B-Device
Instruments	I-Device
Graphics	I-Device
Architecture	I-Device
(	O
TIGA	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
graphics	O
interface	O
standard	O
created	O
by	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
that	O
defined	O
the	O
software	O
interface	O
to	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
VESA	O
and	O
Super	O
VGA	B-Protocol
became	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
standard	O
for	O
PC	O
graphics	O
devices	O
after	O
the	O
VGA	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Texas	O
Instrument	O
's	O
TMS34010	B-General_Concept
and	O
TMS34020	O
Graphics	O
System	O
Processors	O
(	O
GSP	O
)	O
were	O
the	O
original	O
TIGA-compliant	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hercules	O
manufactured	O
cards	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Graphics	O
Station	O
and	O
Chrome	O
lines	O
which	O
were	O
marketed	O
primarily	O
toward	O
users	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desktop	O
Computing	O
AGA	O
1024	O
card	O
was	O
capable	O
of	O
emulating	O
TIGA	O
standards	O
,	O
besides	O
IBM	B-Device
8514	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
products	O
were	O
named	O
TIGA	O
Diamond	O
(	O
34020	B-General_Concept
based	O
)	O
and	O
TIGA	O
Star	O
(	O
34010	B-General_Concept
based	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
provided	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
selling	O
TI	O
DRAM	O
and	O
video	O
palette	O
chips	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
GSP	O
chips	O
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
(	O
limited	O
)	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
cards	O
paved	O
the	O
way	O
for	O
products	O
based	O
upon	O
various	O
derivatives	O
and	O
clones	O
of	O
IBM	O
's	O
8514	B-Device
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
the	O
effort	O
to	O
make	O
graphics	B-Architecture
accelerators	I-Architecture
useful	O
required	O
TI	O
to	O
convince	O
Microsoft	O
that	O
the	O
internal	O
interfaces	O
to	O
its	O
Windows	B-Application
Operating	I-Application
System	I-Application
had	O
to	O
be	O
adaptable	O
instead	O
of	O
hard-coded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indeed	O
,	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
prior	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
were	O
"	O
hard-coded	O
"	O
to	O
specific	O
graphics	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
