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THE HISTORY OF THE GPU - ERAS AND ENVIRONMENT -...

This is the second book in a three-part series that traces the development of the GPU  which is
defined as a single chip with an integrated transform and lighting (T&L) capability. This
feature previously was found in workstations as a stand-alone chip that only performed geometry
functions. Enabled by Moore's law  the first era of GPUs began in the late 1990s. Silicon
Graphics (SGI) introduced T&L first in 1996 with the Nintendo 64 chipset with integrated T&L
but didn't follow through. ArtX developed a chipset with integrated T&L but didn't bring it to
market until November 1999. The need to integrate the transform and lighting functions in the
graphics controller was well understood and strongly desired by dozens of companies. Nvidia was
the first to produce a PC consumer level single chip with T&L in October 1999. All in all 
fifteen companies came close  they had designs and experience  but one thing or another got in
their way to prevent them succeeding. All the forces and technology were converging  the GPU
was ready to emerge. Several of the companies involved did produce an integrated GPU  but not
until early 2000. This is the account of those companies  the GPU and the environment needed to
support it. The GPU has become ubiquitous and can be found in every platform that involves a
computer and a user interface.

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