S3 Graphics, Ltd. was a company specializing in graphics chipsets. While no longer a major player, they produced graphics accelerators under the "S3 Chrome" brand, competing with Nvidia GeForce and ATI Radeon. Founded in January 1989 by Dado Banatao and Ronald Yara, S3 went public on Nasdaq on March 5, 1993. After early success, they struggled with industry transitions. In 2011, HTC acquired S3’s graphics patents, marking the company’s decline as a standalone graphics provider.