Video random-access memory
Videos
Video random-access memory is dedicated computer memory used to store the pixels and other graphics data as a framebuffer to be rendered on a computer monitor. It often uses a different technology tha
GDDR5X SDRAM on an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics card
A GPU die surrounded by VRAM chips
Graphics processing unit
Videos
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
Video random-access memory
…for display on a screen. Many modern GPUs rely on VRAM. In contrast, a GPU that does not use VRAM, and relies instead on system RAM, is said to have a unified memory architecture, or shared graphics memory. System RAM and VRAM have been segregated due to the bandwidth requirements of GPUs, and to achieve lower latency, since…
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