There was still a lot of work to be done between then and late Q1 for the Voodoo3 release. Some three months on, the Sharky Extreme lab has been given an A-3 version of the Voodoo3 3500 to test. Take the journey, the buck stops here.

Evidently it looks as though 3Dfx Interactive's shift from the .35micron Voodoo Banshee down to the .25micron Voodoo3 has been a successful one. It only took the FAB 4 of the TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) 19 days to mask and fabricate the first round of .25micron five-metal layer processed Voodoo3 silicon (yes with 8.2million transistors). This is no mean feat and one only needs to looks at the problems that have dogged nVidia (press releases and all) and VideoLogic in their efforts to die shrink to .25micron based products to appreciate the great fortune 3Dfx has experienced in this regard. Much has been said previously in press releases etc… about the specifications and features of the Voodoo3. But in reality, cramming the dual TMUs (texture memory units) into the 3D core of the Voodoo3 and upping the clock speed of the Voodoo3s graphics clock and memory was really the key to increased frame and fill rates with the chip.