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The article said it resolved to "Geometry Processing Unit" at that time.
by rzzzt 2y ago
The article said it resolved to "Geometry Processing Unit" at that time.
- BlackLotus89 2y agoAnd RAID once stood for array of inexpensive discs and is now independent discs. But you are right different meaning. Found these here https://books.google.de/books?id=Jzo-qeUtauoC&pg=PT7&dq=%22gpu%22+graphics+processing+unit&hl=de https://books.google.de/books?id=Jzo-qeUtauoC&pg=PT7&dq=%22g... Computerworld magazine 1976 VGI called a graphics processing unit (GPU) > 3400 is a direct-writing system capable of displaying 3-D graphics and alphanumerics with speeds up to 20.000.... It's not what I would call a GPU, but I think it's hard to draw lines when it comes to naming things and defining things. If anyone else wants to try to find the real GPU https://www.google.com/search?q=%22gpu%22+graphics+processing+unit&sca_upv=1&sca_upv=1&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1900%2Ccd_max%3A1999&tbm=bks https://www.google.com/search?q=%22gpu%22+graphics+processin...
- rzzzt 2y agoI misunderstood that bit from the Jon Peddie article, the PS1's GPU was indeed a Graphics Processing Unit. Found this hardware overview in one of the Wikipedia sources to confirm: https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-006/page/n54/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-006/page/n54/mode/...