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Title
History of the GPU : steps to invention / Jon Peddie.
ISBN
9783031109683 (electronic bk.)
3031109686 (electronic bk.)
3031109678
9783031109676
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-10968-3 doi
Call Number
T385 .P43 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
006.609
Summary
This is the first book in a three-part series that traces the development of the GPU. Initially developed for games the GPU can now be found in cars, supercomputers, watches, game consoles and more. GPU concepts go back to the 1970s when computer graphics was developed for computer-aided design of automobiles and airplanes. Early computer graphics systems were adopted by the film industry and simulators for airplanes and high energy physicsexploding nuclear bombs in computers instead of the atmosphere. A GPU has an integrated transform and lighting engine, but these were not available until the end of the 1990s. Heroic and historic companies expanded the development and capabilities of the graphics controller in pursuit of the ultimate device, a fully integrated self-contained GPU. Fifteen companies worked on building the first fully integrated GPU, some succeeded in the console, and Northbridge segments, and Nvidia was the first to offer a fully integrated GPU for the PC. Today the GPU can be found in every platform that involves a computer and a user interface.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
1 Introduction
2 1980-1989, Graphics Controllers on Other Platforms
3 1980-1989, Graphics Controllers on PCs
4 1990-1995, Graphics Controllers on PCs
5 1990 to 1999 Graphics Controllers on Other Platform
6 1996-1999, Graphics Controllers on PCs
7 What is a GPU?
Appendix A: Definitions
Appendix B: Acronyms.
