Intel740

Intel740
An Intel740 AGP card
CodenameAuburn
History
PredecessorIntel i750
SuccessorIntel 810, Intel Extreme Graphics (Integrated graphics)
Arc Alchemist series (Discrete graphics)

The Intel740, or i740 (codenamed Auburn), is a 350 nm graphics processing unit using the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) interface, released by Intel on February 12, 1998. Intel was hoping to use the i740 to popularize AGP while most graphics vendors were still using PCI. Released to enormous fanfare, the i740 proved to have disappointing real-world performance, and sank from view after only a few months on the market. Some of its technology lived on in the form of Intel Extreme Graphics, and the concept of an Intel produced graphics processor lives on in the form of Intel Graphics Technology and Intel Arc.