GPU
GPU is an acronym for Graphics Processing Unit, and is the core chip in modern 3D graphics. A GPU is responsible for many of the core functions of graphics processing, similarly to the way a CPU is responsible for the basic processing tasks of a computer. A GPU offloads many of the complex graphical tasks of creating and managing 3D polygons from the CPU, freeing the CPU to do tasks like game logic and physics.
GPUs tend to use their own RAM as well, typically built into the graphics card, and load many of the textures applied to polygons without having to use system RAM. In addition to the basics of calculating polygons, the GPU also calculates vertex light points, and is responsible for shading elements according to the available light in a scene.
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10/14/09 6:30pm Computing, Gaming NVIDIA Tegra chosen for new Nintendo DS, Wi-Fi tech upgrade would enable P2P Wi-Fi on any device, Finland declares broadband internet a legal right
NVIDIA's Tegra platform, which includes both a CPU and a GPU, has been selected as the basis for the hardware of the successor to… dig deeper
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10/05/09 3:12pm Computing, Mobile Adobe Flash 10.1 headed for BlackBerry, webOS, Windows Mobile, Android, and Symbian, but not the iPhone
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07/10/09 6:00pm Computing Microsoft Silverlight 3 released, works with graphics card to stream HD movies
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06/10/09 5:50pm Mobile, Gaming iPhone 3G S's OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics might cause App Store split for games
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06/08/09 4:10pm Computing, Mobile Apple WWDC 2009 keynote roundup: iPhone 3GS, MacBook Pro and Air, iPhone OS 3.0, Snow Leopard
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05/29/09 10:40am Computing Microsoft sets July 10 date for full Silverlight 3 and Expression Studio 3 releases
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03/24/09 2:45pm Computing, Gaming OnLive gaming service looks to cloud computing to kill consoles
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03/06/09 3:00pm Computing MSI announces cheap, green CR400, CX600, CX700 16:9 laptops
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03/06/09 2:14pm Computing MacBook Pros suffering from problems with NVIDIA graphics
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03/04/09 6:30pm Computing Intel, AMD to start building graphics processors into their CPUs
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03/03/09 5:26pm Computing NVIDIA announces new notebook GPUs; GeForce GTX 280M to be world's fastest
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02/24/09 3:03pm Computing Next iMac models to include "high-performance" NVIDIA graphics chips
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