Seems that GA-Source did some of that "confirming rumors" stuff that some "press" do to get "facts." Pshaw! Anyway, they got a confirmation from 3dfx's Brian Burke that there were indeed layoffs and that most were spun off to the Specialized Technology Group, which is a division of 3dfx. He didn't confirm my numbers though, which is to be expected given the timing of the layoffs (within hours of the fiscal year ending).

By the way, in my numbers when I said 5% of the 20%, I meant, like, 5% of the company, not 1% (whoops). Also, that 5% wasn't necessarily from STB, there were people laid off that were there pre-STB as well.

I’ve got a Shack scoop for you guys. After hearing from various people that 3dfx went through some layoffs on Monday, I decided to dig a bit and find out what was up.

So I finally got the scoop. There was a 20% Reduction In Force at 3dfx on Monday (right after their fiscal year ended, likely so they could delay in reporting it). 5% of the 20% were pure layoffs, and the remaining 15% was spun off (or will spin off) into their own company. This 15% was the advanced multimedia group of former STB. I don’t know the new company’s name, but this news is very good for 3dfx stock-wise. This should help their fiscal Q1 and spinning off the advanced multimedia group shows that they’re willing to trim down the core company of people that really aren’t needed since the STB merger. Here is a link to the follow-up for people coming to this news item directly.

Guess we'll make it a hardware kind of day. According to this PR over at RaingBull it looks like 3dfx already has their eyes on some 0.15 micron technology. (That's small). Here's a snippit (Thanks VE) It's not completely clear if this is intended for the Voodoo4/5 line aka Napalm or the generation after that aka Rampage. Hopefully we'll know later today

"Our benchmarks have shown that we can achieve our system goals at 0.15 micron with the performance and density of the Virtual Silicon eSi-Route/8(TM) standard cell library," said Brian Kelleher, vice president of VLSI engineering at 3DFX Interactive, Inc. "We are impressed by the early availability and thoroughness of the test chip results published by Virtual Silicon."

3dfx has released some new drivers for the Voodoo2 boards for WindowsNT 4.0 You can grab them here.

AGN3D has posted multi-webmaster interview with the guys from VE, Voodoo3.net, and 3DWars asking webmasters from each what they think of the upcoming 3dfx hardware.

3dfx released some new Voodoo2 drivers yesterday evening that I failed to mention. Doh! Well if you're still using a Voodoo2 you're used to being behind the times by now anyways right? :P

For those of you who may have been having troubles with the 3dfx tools there is a quick new release that only fixes that bug, if you didnt have any problems with the release a couple of days ago dont bother with it.

3dfx has released some new Linux drivers for their Voodoo3 and Banshee cards. You can grab them here. Thanks JayZee

The guys at 3dfx have released new V3 drivers. Version 1.04.00 includes an updated Glide and OpenGl ICD and other misc bug fixes

The Pulpit has an interview with 3dfx's Scott Sellers, about the whole 3D thing and how 3dfx is getting along with the new technologies.

revolver sends word that some new Wicked3D drivers have been released. If you use a Vooodoo2 card to play Quake3 or Unreal Tournament, there is a heck of a good chance that these drivers will increase your performance. Coupled with those nifty DLL files for Quake3 you should be doing dandy.

An email on The Pulpit has info that 3dfx has received first silicon samples back from the factory of the VSA-100 based products. There will only be a limited supply available in Q1, with volume production starting in Q2.

ExtremeHW has scored an interview with the 3dfx Marketing Director talking about that newfangled VSA-100 chip that they are basing the Voodoo4 & 5 around. The chip offers 32bit color now finally, and support for those higher resolution textures to boot.

SharkyExtreme among others has posted their report on MacWorld offering up quite a bit of detail on what 3dfx is up to. It seems Voodoo4/5 has not even hit silicon just yet but will very soon. You might want to check out the IMG Magazine coverage as well.

3dfx has released new Linux drivers for V3/Banshee cards. Fixes a bug in Q3, along with more Linux support.

Got word that 3dfx has released new Voodoo 3 drivers (V3 2000/3000). It includes an updated OpenGL driver and fixes bugs with various games...any Quake3 speedups?

3DFX has released new Linux Voodoo 3 / Banshee drivers that fix problems in Q3A.

Ga-Source has an interview with 3dfx's Marty Franz, who is director of the Voodoo Porting Group, talking about all things 3dfx Linux-drivers related.

The guys at Thresh's FiringSquad have a VSA-100 interview, talking to 3dfx's Scott Sellers and Brian Burke about this chipset that will be powering the V4 and 5.

3dfx has released new Mac drivers for the Voodoo 2 and Voodoo 3.