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SciTech SNAP
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<p> SciTech SNAP (System Neutral Access Protocol) is an <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> portable, dynamically loadable, native-size <a href="/facts/32-bit/TDMVce8s">32-bit</a>/<a href="/facts/64-bit/AgvkQHkM">64-bit</a> <a href="/facts/Device_driver/rDYnHU1G">device driver</a> architecture. SciTech SNAP defines the architecture for loading an operating system neutral binary <a href="/facts/Device_driver/rDYnHU1G">device driver</a> for any type of hardware device, be it a <a href="/facts/Graphics_controller/bcKfPyFt">graphics controller</a>, audio controller, <a href="/facts/SCSI/pxXulrBr">SCSI</a> controller or network controller. SciTech SNAP drivers are <a href="/facts/Source_code/o9J6Jv23">source code</a> portable between different <a href="/facts/Microprocessor/Fx9CaQht">microprocessor</a> platforms, and the binary drivers are operating system portable within a particular microprocessor family. </p><p>SNAP drivers were originally developed for <a href="/facts/Intel_80386/ag5eSgWv">Intel 386</a>+ <a href="/facts/CPU/Jxp1bqMV">CPU</a> with any 32-bit operating system or environment supported on that CPU. With the introduction of SNAP 3.0, native binary SNAP drivers are available for 32-bit <a href="/facts/PowerPC/DqmM9y50">PowerPC</a> CPUs and 64-bit <a href="/facts/X86-64/cyWvUFlP">x86-64</a> CPUs. </p><p>On 27 August 2002, <a href="/facts/SciTech_Software,_Inc./lDQkuew6">SciTech Software, Inc.</a> announced the intention to release the Scitech SNAP driver development kit. </p><p>On 16 November 2006, SciTech Software, Inc. announced that it has ceased further development of its SNAP device driver technology in favor of a new line of web and <a href="/facts/Business_logic/D0eEdM3t">business logic</a> technologies. SciTech also announced that it would begin looking for a buyer for SciTech SNAP. </p><p>In December 2008 Alt Richmond Inc. closed the acquisition of SciTech Software's SNAP technology. The plans of SciTech Software in 2008 to create OpenSNAP, an <a href="/facts/Open_source/7X9rCdz4">open source</a> version of the driver technology, are therefore no longer an option unless Alt Richmond decides to pick this up. </p><p>In May 2015, Arca Noae, LLC announced that they have reached an agreement with Alt Richmond, Inc. to license the source code for SNAP Graphics for OS/2. </p>