Cutting Edge Graphics Cards
(2 mo.)
Texas Instruments had a vested interest in ensuring that their new graphics technology products were competitive in the interactive business arena.




Challenges
I was brought in to work directly with Texas Instruments development teams. In 1983 I worked at their Research & Development Center in Rennes and Nice, France.
A year later I exercised the performance capabilities of their E-3500 graphic chipset at TI's advanced development facility in Bedford, England.
Solutions
I worked directly with the technology research teams to develop a set of rudimentary graphical design tools with which to design screens that demonstrated the design capabilities of Texas Instrument's new graphical chipsets:
Clearly, they wanted some "proof of concept" models that could show how the chipset might display complex control panels, though there was also an interest in print-quality graphics and animation.
- Logos
- Color Range
- Control Panel
- Publishing
Project work on-site in Nice, France, in the spring. Beautiful spot. Beautiful women. Great food.
Cool...
Because of our unique combination of technical knowledge, business acumen and talent, we did a lot of work modeling market applications for high-tech firms.
“The work you did here was certainly of a great value
to our products promotion. We have included the pages in all
of our demonstrations and they have a considerable impact on
our chip set acceptance by customers - and even how they perceive
videotex. Please send me one of your brochures
and I also suggest that you send a couple of them to TI Houston
Video Group people.”
J.L. Villevielle, Electronic
Systems Development, Texas Instruments
Technology Visionary Model, E-3500 Graphic Chip set; custom graphics creation tools, Teletel character-based graphics