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It's definitely not the first GPU. The term was apparently coined by Sony 6 years prior to that for their own GPU. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_proc
by wccrawford 2y ago
It's definitely not the first GPU. The term was apparently coined by Sony 6 years prior to that for their own GPU.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit
It's not even the first PCI card that did 3d graphics.
I won't deny that nVidia ran away with the market, but 3DFX was the first to succeed at making a discrete graphics card.
- RileyJames 2y agoYea I definitely remember voodoo before all this. Tho I misremembered it as an nvidia product. Looks like nvidia eventually acquired the bankrupt 3dfx.
- boomskats 2y agoWell, they didn't just make the first ever GPU. They _redefined what it means to akchually make a GPU_. And then they made a card and said 'look, we just made the first ever GPU'. Is 'technological appropriation' a thing? Are they the E̶d̶i̶s̶o̶n̶s Marconis of the modern tech world? Yeah I know, who cares. You can read about it on Quora here if you want though: https://www.quora.com/Did-Nvidia-invent-the-GPU https://www.quora.com/Did-Nvidia-invent-the-GPU