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
Central processing unit
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A central processing unit, also known as a central processor, main processor, or simply processor, is the primary processor in a given computer. Its electronic circuitry executes instructions of a com
Graphics processing unit
…basic memory movement operations. The modern GPU emerged during the 1990s, adding the ability to perform operations like drawing lines and text without CPU help, and later adding 3D functionality. Graphics functions are generally independent and this lends these tasks to being implemented on separate…
The Core i9-14900KF, a 2023 CPU made by Intel
Inside a central processing unit: The integrated circuit of Intel's Xeon 3060, first manufactured in 2006
EDVAC, one of the first stored-program computers
IBM PowerPC 604e processor