Graphics processing unit
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A graphics processing unit is a specialized electronic circuit designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a component on a discrete graphics car
The ATI HD5470 GPU (above, with copper heatpipe attached) features UVD 2.1 which enables it to decode AVC and VC-1 video formats.
An ASRock motherboard with integrated graphics, which has HDMI, VGA and DVI-out ports.
Adage Graphics terminal from 1968 brochure
Atari ANTIC microprocessor on an Atari 130XE motherboard
TMS34010
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The TMS34010, developed by Texas Instruments and released in 1986, was the first programmable graphics processor integrated circuit. While specialized graphics hardware existed earlier, such as blitte
The followup to the TMS34010, the TMS34020
Die of TMS34020
TMS34082A floating point coprocessor