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THE HISTORY OF THE GPU - STEPS TO INVENTION - J...

This is the first book in a three-part series that traces the development of the GPU. Initially
developed for games the GPU can now be found in cars  supercomputers  watches  game consoles
and more. GPU concepts go back to the 1970s when computer graphics was developed for
computer-aided design of automobiles and airplanes. Early computer graphics systems were
adopted by the film industry and simulators for airplanes and high energy physics-exploding
nuclear bombs in computers instead of the atmosphere. A GPU has an integrated transform and
lighting engine  but these were not available until the end of the 1990s. Heroic and historic
companies expanded the development and capabilities of the graphics controller in pursuit of
the ultimate device  a fully integrated self-contained GPU. Fifteen companies worked on
building the first fully integrated GPU  some succeeded in the console  and Northbridge
segments  and Nvidia was the first to offer a fully integrated GPU for the PC. Today the GPU
can be found in every platform that involves a computer and a user interface.

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