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'''Number Nine Visual Technology Corporation''' was a manufacturer of video graphics chips and cards from 1982 to 1999. Number Nine developed the first 128-bit graphics processor (the Imagine 128), as well as the first 256-color (8-bit) and 16.8 million color (24-bit) cards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/number-nine-visual-technology-and-s3-inc----business-to-continue-as-usual-74901647.html | title=Number Nine Visual Technology and S3 Inc. -- Business to Continue as Usual | publisher=PR Newswire | date=23 June 1999 | accessdate=Jan 8, 2011 }}</ref>
The name of the company, as well as many of its products (e.g., [[Revolution (Beatles song)|Revolution]], [[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]], [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song)|Pepper]], [[Ticket to Ride]]) refer to [[Beatles]] songs. At system boot up, Number Nine cards' [[video BIOS]] splash screens display short phrases from Beatles songs related to the cards' model names. Card model names were usually preceded by a "#9" moniker.
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