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Showing my ignorance here: Why we don't have dedicated graphics hardware for 2D? Feels like moving 2D jobs to a fast 3D engine is wrong approach at the top lev

Showing my ignorance here: Why we don't have dedicated graphics hardware for 2D? Feels like moving 2D jobs to a fast 3D engine is wrong approach at the top level.

zozbot234 5y ago
"Dedicated graphics hardware for 2D" is just a blitter and sprite engine, and modern GPU's do that just fine. The mouse pointer in many recent systems is a 2D hardware sprite.