3Dlabs
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Semiconductors, electronics |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Founder | Yavuz Ahıska and Osman Kent |
| Fate | Acquired by Creative Technology in 2002 and became ZiiLABS in 2009 |
| Products | Media-rich application processors for Handheld and embedded devices |
| Parent | Creative Technology |
| Website | ziilabs.com at the Wayback Machine (archived June 9, 2023), legacy graphics card support 3dlabs.com at the Wayback Machine (archived July 20, 2023) |
3DLABS Inc. Ltd. was a fabless semiconductor company. It was founded by Yavuz Ahıska and Osman Kent in 1994 with headquarters in San Jose, California. It originally developed the GLINT and PERMEDIA high-end graphics chip technology that was used on many of the world's leading computer graphics cards in the CAD and DCC markets, including its own Wildcat and Oxygen cards.
In 2006, the company focused development efforts on its emerging media processing business, and in 2009 became the Singapore-based ZiiLABS.