If by same, you mean completely different with a completely different name that is based very vaguely on the same idea, then yeah I guess you can call it the same technology.:shadedshu
I agree - although I think they were refering more to the theory of daisy-chaining cards together for increased performance . . .
3DFX were also the first to slap more than 1, more than 2 GPUs onto the same PCB.
They failed due to their own blunders, though - but damn if they didn't stir shit up. I loved my VooDoo 3, and still have it to this day, even though it hasn't been in service in years.
Although - a little strange, although the article was a good read, I got the slight impression it was a little biased towards nVidia cards . . . perhaps that's just me, though . . .
but, strange - no mention of the X1900 series or the R500 cores. Sure, the X1800's had a slew of issues, the 1900s stormed the market . . . especially the X1900 XTX.