Evergreen Technologies
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer hardware |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder | Kenneth "Mike" Magee |
| Defunct | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Corvallis, Oregon , United States |
| Products | CPU upgrade modules and expansion cards |
Number of employees | 70 (1997) |
Evergreen Technologies, Inc. was a privately held computer firm operating from 1989 until 2005, focusing on CPU upgrade solutions for x86 personal computers. Headquartered in Corvallis, Oregon, the company established itself as a prominent player in the CPU enhancement market throughout the 1990s.
History
Established in 1989 by Kenneth "Mike" Magee in Corvallis, Oregon, Evergreen debuted its initial product in May 1990—a CPU upgrade module designed to allow Intel 80286 motherboard users to upgrade their systems to i386 processors. Two years later, in 1992, the company released the 486 SuperChip, which incorporated Cyrix's Cx486 processor to elevate the performance of 286-class computers to levels comparable with the i486. By 1994, Evergreen had licensed its patented technologies and circuit board designs to IBM for use in their own 486 upgrade products.
Throughout the 1990s, Evergreen faced competition from Intel’s i486 and Pentium OverDrive processors as well as Kingston Technology’s TurboChip. The sales volume for Evergreen’s upgrade modules surged dramatically—by a factor of 159 between 1993 and 1998—with roughly 40 percent of units sold outside the United States. By mid-1997, Evergreen operated multiple facilities including four buildings in Corvallis, a manufacturing site located in Portland, a sales office based in New York City, and a regional branch in Swindon, England, collectively employing approximately 70 staff members.
In early 1999, Evergreen introduced the AcceleraPCI (internally called EclipsePCI), an expansion card upgrade targeting PCI bus motherboards equipped with processors ranging from late DX4 models to Pentium Pros. This product enabled upgrades to P6-based Celeron CPUs and represented the company’s most expensive development effort, garnering considerable attention within technology media outlets.
Operations at Evergreen Technologies concluded in 2005.
External links
- Archived official website (December 22, 1996)
- Articles with short description
- 1989 establishments in Oregon
- 2005 disestablishments in Oregon
- American companies established in 1989
- American companies disestablished in 2005
- Computer companies established in 1989
- Computer companies disestablished in 2005
- Defunct computer companies of the United States
- Defunct computer hardware companies
- X86 microprocessors