Developers
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Both professional and volunteer developers contribute to Mesa.

`VMware <https://www.vmware.com/>`__ employs several of the main Mesa
developers including Brian Paul and Keith Whitwell.

In the past, Tungsten Graphics contracts implemented many Mesa features
including:

-  DRI drivers for Intel i965, i945, i915 and other chips
-  Advanced memory manager and framebuffer object support
-  Shading language compiler and OpenGL 2.0 support
-  MiniGLX environment

Other companies including `Intel <https://01.org/linuxgraphics>`__ and
RedHat also actively contribute to the project. Intel has recently
contributed the new GLSL compiler in Mesa 7.9.

The following companies can be contacted for custom Mesa / 3D graphics development (sorted alphabetically):

- `Igalia <https://www.igalia.com>`__
- `LunarG <https://www.lunarg.com/>`__

Volunteers have made significant contributions to all parts of Mesa,
including complete device drivers.