Ageia

Ageia Technologies, Inc. was a company founded in 2002, US-based company with headquarters in Mountain View, California. In February 2008, Nvidia announced the acquisition of Ageia.

The semiconductor manufacturer has developed until now the only physics accelerator ( PPU) with names PhysX using an extension card for computer is available, among others since May 2006.

Task of such a processor is primarily the calculation physico -related effects (eg, interaction with objects, simulation of liquids or clothing) in order to load the CPU. For this, the development of a special interface ( physics engine ) with names PhysX API (formerly Novodex ) was necessary. This is used, for example, game developers as a basis to use the functionality of PhysX can.

As Chief Executive Officer (CEO) until the takeover was co-founder Manju Hegde in office; President and Chief Operating Officer (COO ) was Curtis Davis. Furthermore sat with Ed Fries, a former Microsoft representative on the Board of Ageia.