Private company
Chromatic Research
Former business enterprise1
Chromatic Research Inc. was a company based in Mountain View, California, that developed a multifunction multimedia device for PCs called the MPACT! The company was formerly known as Xenon Microsystems Corporation. Chromatic Research, Inc. was founded in 1993.2 It is part of ATI Technologies.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersMountain View1
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Chromatic Research Inc. was a company based in Mountain View, California, that developed a multifunction multimedia device for PCs called the MPACT! The company was formerly known as Xenon Microsystems Corporation. Chromatic Research, Inc. was founded in 1993. The founders came from Kubota, Showgraphics, Convex and RAMBUS. The hardware technology for the MPACT! was a programmable VLIW and SIMD media processor that implemented a video, audio and modem device. The purpose of the solution was to be a single chip or add-in card that removed the need for separate graphics, audio and modem devices. The MPACT briefly sold as a fully functioning add in card and as a DVD decoder solution.2
Corporate structure
Chromatic Research is part of a group headed by AMD. 88 entities, 28 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- AMD Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- ATI Technologies 100% · Markham
- Chromatic Research Mountain View
- SeaMicro Subsidiary · Santa Clara
- Spansion Subsidiary · Sunnyvale, California, United States
- Advanced Micro Devices (Canada) Subsidiary · Canada
- Advanced Micro Devices (China) Co., Ltd. Subsidiary · China
- Advanced Micro Devices (Poland) sp. z o.o. Subsidiary · Poland
- Advanced Micro Devices (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Subsidiary · China
- Advanced Micro Devices (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Subsidiary · Singapore
- Advanced Micro Devices (Spain), S.L. Subsidiary · Spain
- Advanced Micro Devices (U.K.) Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
- Advanced Micro Devices AB Subsidiary · Sweden
- Advanced Micro Devices Belgium N.V. Subsidiary · Belgium
- Advanced Micro Devices CH GmbH Subsidiary · Switzerland
- Advanced Micro Devices Global Services (M) Sdn. Bhd. Subsidiary · Malaysia
- Advanced Micro Devices Malaysia Ltd. Subsidiary · Malaysia
- Advanced Micro Devices Products (China) Co., Ltd. Subsidiary · China
- Advanced Micro Devices RS d.o.o. Subsidiary · Serbia
- Advanced Micro Devices S.A.S. Subsidiary · France
- AMD (EMEA) LTD. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- AMD Advanced Micro Devices (ROU) S.R.L. Subsidiary · Romania
- AMD Advanced Research, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- AMD Design, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- AMD Far East Ltd. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- AMD Federal Technologies, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- AMD INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
- and 64 more
- ATI Technologies 100% · Markham
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Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
- ATI Technologies since 1998
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
Links
- WikipediaChromatic Research
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Sources
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- 1WikidataChromatic Research on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaChromatic Research on Wikipedia