<s>
Weitek	O
Corporation	O
was	O
an	O
American	O
chip-design	O
company	O
that	O
originally	O
focused	O
on	O
floating-point	B-General_Concept
units	I-General_Concept
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
commercial	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
early	O
to	O
mid-1980s	O
,	O
Weitek	O
designs	O
could	O
be	O
found	O
powering	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
high-end	O
designs	O
and	O
parallel-processing	B-Operating_System
supercomputers	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weitek	O
developed	O
math	B-General_Concept
coprocessors	I-General_Concept
for	O
several	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
those	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Device
68000	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
the	O
1064	O
and	O
1164	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Intel-based	O
i286	B-General_Concept
systems	O
,	O
the	O
1067	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
's	O
own	O
FPU	O
design	O
for	O
the	O
i386	B-General_Concept
fell	O
far	O
behind	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
Weitek	O
delivered	O
the	O
1167	O
for	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Weitek	B-Device
1167	I-Device
Floating	O
Point	O
Coprocessor	O
provided	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
Weitek	O
1163	O
,	O
1164	O
and	O
1165	O
chipset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weitek	O
would	O
later	O
outfit	O
FPUs	O
to	O
the	O
early	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
architecture	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
3170	O
and	O
3172	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
orders	O
increased	O
for	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
applications	O
,	O
Weitek	O
found	O
themselves	O
seriously	O
disadvantaged	O
by	O
their	O
fab	B-Algorithm
,	O
which	O
was	O
becoming	O
rather	O
outdated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	O
approached	O
them	O
with	O
a	O
deal	O
to	O
use	O
their	O
newer	O
fabs	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
proved	O
advantageous	O
for	O
both	O
,	O
and	O
soon	O
HP	O
's	O
fabs	B-Algorithm
were	O
open	O
to	O
anyone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weitek	O
also	O
worked	O
with	O
HP	O
on	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
their	O
latest	O
PA-RISC	B-Device
design	O
and	O
sold	O
their	O
own	O
version	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
RISC	O
8200	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
sold	O
as	O
an	O
embedded	B-Architecture
design	O
and	O
had	O
some	O
use	O
in	O
laser	O
printers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
Weitek	O
saw	O
a	O
new	O
opportunity	O
and	O
started	O
developing	O
frame	B-Algorithm
buffers	I-Algorithm
for	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
workstations	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
they	O
also	O
introduced	O
the	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
POWER	O
μP	B-Architecture
(	O
as	O
in	O
"	O
power-up	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
pin-compatible	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
μP	B-Architecture
could	O
be	O
dropped	O
into	O
existing	O
SPARCstation	B-Device
2	O
and	O
SPARCstation	B-Device
IPX	O
workstations	B-Device
and	O
ran	O
at	O
80MHz	O
,	O
double	O
the	O
clock	O
speed	O
of	O
the	O
CPUs	O
it	O
replaced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chip	B-Architecture
ran	O
twice	O
as	O
fast	O
internally	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
boost	O
of	O
about	O
50	O
–	O
60%	O
in	O
overall	O
speed	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
bus	O
not	O
getting	O
any	O
faster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
pursue	O
this	O
concept	O
with	O
later	O
generations	O
of	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weitek	O
turned	O
their	O
frame-buffer	B-Algorithm
experience	O
to	O
the	O
PC	O
market	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
90s	O
and	O
introduced	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
SVGA	O
multimedia	O
chipsets	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
POWER	O
"	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
P9001	O
moved	O
to	O
PCI	B-Protocol
and	O
became	O
fairly	O
popular	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Viper	O
in	O
designs	O
from	O
Diamond	O
and	O
Orchid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
generation	O
,	O
the	O
P9100	O
,	O
combined	O
the	O
P9001	O
and	O
5286	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
chip	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weitek	O
adapters	O
were	O
fairly	O
successful	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
days	O
of	O
the	O
486	B-General_Concept
market	O
,	O
but	O
fell	O
from	O
use	O
when	O
less	O
expensive	O
systems	O
were	O
introduced	O
by	O
a	O
host	O
of	O
new	O
players	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
most	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
designs	O
started	O
including	O
FPUs	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
basically	O
"	O
for	O
free	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Weitek	O
made	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
attempts	O
to	O
re-enter	O
the	O
low-end	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
and	O
graphics	O
driver	O
market	O
with	O
their	O
W464	O
(	O
486	B-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
W564	O
(	O
P5	O
)	O
systems	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
the	O
host	O
machine	O
's	O
RAM	B-Architecture
as	O
the	O
frame	B-Algorithm
buffer	I-Algorithm
to	O
lower	O
costs	O
.	O
</s>
