What is a GPU?
| Graphics processing unit, or GPU, is a specialized chip that provides 2D or 3D images. Display adapters contain one or more GPUs to allow fast graphics rendering. |
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| 2010-07-27 | 50nm 2Gb GDDR5 DRAM suits high-performance apps Elpida Memory Inc. unveils a 50nm process 2Gb GDDR5 graphics DRAM using copper interconnects. |
| 2009-01-30 | 3D graphics zoom in on HDTVs STMicroelectronics has disclosed its vision for the development of advanced user interfaces employing advanced 3D graphics for high-definition (HD) TV. |
| 2013-03-13 | 'Rogue' added to Imagination's Series 6 GPUs The PowerVR Series 6 family of GPU cores addresses mobile and embedded applications such as smartphones and tablet computers and has been submitted for compliance with OpenGL ES 3.0 API. |
| 2012-10-02 | 'Puffin' gives intrinsic security for gamers,phones The 'Puffin' project has already found that software can detect the die-specific differences in graphics processors. |
| 2003-07-23 | Toshiba notebook to be powered by Nvidia chip Toshiba's Computer Systems Group has selected Nvidia Corp.'s GeForce FX Go5200 GPU for its latest Satellite P25-S607 notebook. |
| 2011-04-12 | Shanghai electronics firm licenses ARM CPUs, GPUs ARM has licensed a series of CPU and GPU IP cores to Shanghai InfoTM, which will in turn use these licenses to provide 3D graphics in its line of mobile computing devices. |
| 2011-06-24 | PCIe over fiber enables next-gen data center apps Delivering external box-to-box high-performance connectivity at 64Gbps, the PCIe over fiber solution will enable a range of next-gen data center applications such as storage, servers and GPU clustering. |
| 2008-08-27 | PCIe 2 switch supports Radeon graphics designs PLX Technology Inc. announced its PEX 8647 PCIe Gen 2 switch has been chosen to provide high-performance, peer-to-peer fan-out operation on AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Dual-GPU graphics card. |
| 2007-11-05 | Nvidia's PC gaming chip goes on sale Nvidia Corp. has started selling its latest graphics processing unit (GPU) for PC game enthusiasts. |
| 2013-02-22 | Nvidia boasts integrated Tegra LTE processor The Nvidia Tegra 4i features 60 custom Nvidia GPU cores, a quad-core CPU based on ARM Cortex-A9 r4 CPU plus a fifth battery saver core and a version of the Nvidia i500 LTE modem. |
| 2012-02-01 | HSA: AMD's new holy grail HSA, said AMD's Macri, would combine scalar processing on CPU with parallel processing on the GPU, while offering high bandwidth access to memory at lower power. |
| 2008-12-23 | Graphic boards tout 4Gbyte CPU memory Based on Nvidia's second generation unified architecture and offering up to 4Gbyte GPU memory, PNY Technologies' Nvidia Quadro FX 5800 and FX 4800 are designed to handle massive datasets and specialized needs for the visualization and simulation, oil and gas exploration, and broadcast and film markets. |
| 2012-06-28 | Google enters tablet space with 7-inch media device The Nexus 7 features an Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset, including a quad-core CPU and a 12-core GPU, along with a 1280 x 800 HD display |
| 2010-09-24 | CUDA C compiler targets x86 platforms When run on x86-based systems without a GPU, CUDA C applications will use multiple cores and the streaming Single Instruction Multiple Data capabilities of Intel and AMD CPUs for parallel execution. |
| 2013-01-02 | Ainol's new tablet runs Owl Series ATM7029 chipset Actions' ATM7029 chipset is armed with an ARM Cortex multi-core CPU, multi-core 3D GPU, full spec 1080p video encode/decode engine and USB2.0/3.0 PHY integration. |
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