However, Nvidia almost ceased to exist in 1996 after it failed to fulfill an important contract for Sega, a very popular game console manufacturer at the time. Sega was in the process of developing the Dreamcast console, and Nvidia was chosen to build a graphics chip for the Dreamcast. Unfortunately, the startup poured all its money into an obsolete graphics rendering method, and the contract had to be abandoned. Without it, Nvidia did not have enough funds to continue operations. The Dreamcast...
