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The STB Fallacy: What 3dfx’s Corpse Teaches Us About Nvidia’s AIB Squeeze

Mar 22, 2026

Hardware Architecture Supply Chain Vendor Management

How the most violent performance delta in consumer compute history was undone by supply chain hubris, and why Nvidia's current strategy is succeeding where 3dfx failed.