pixel processing accelerator
1Pixel pipeline — The pixel pipeline was a component within 3D accelerators, most prominently prior to DirectX 9. The term encompasses one of a number of parallel processing pipelines within a graphics processing unit (GPU). Each pipeline processes pixel, texture …
2Graphics processing unit — GPU redirects here. For other uses, see GPU (disambiguation). GeForce 6600GT (NV43) GPU A graphics processing unit or GPU (also occasionally called visual processing unit or VPU) is a specialized circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter… …
3PPA — abbr. Parallel Port Adapter comp. abbr. Pixel Processing Accelerator …
4Comparison of OpenGL and Direct3D — Direct3D and OpenGL are competing application programming interfaces (APIs) which can be used in applications to render 2D and 3D computer graphics, taking advantage of hardware acceleration when available. Modern graphics processing unit (GPUs)… …
5Elemental Technologies, Inc. — Infobox Company company name = Elemental Technologies, Inc. company company type = Private foundation = 2006 location = Portland, Oregon (incorporated in Delaware) USA key people = Samuel S. Blackman, Chairman and CEO Jesse J. Rosenzweig, CTO… …
6Software rendering — In the context of rendering (computer graphics), software rendering refers to a rendering process that is unaided by any specialized hardware, such as a graphics card. The rendering takes place entirely in the CPU.IntroductionRendering everything …
7Intel GMA — GMA X3000 on Intel DG965WHMKR motherboard (only heat sink visible) The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator, or GMA, is a series of Intel integrated graphics processors built into various motherboard chipsets. These integrated graphics products allow …
8RIVA 128 — Nvidia RIVA 128 Codename(s) NV3 Release date 1997 High end GPU RIVA 128, ZX Direct3D and shader version Direct3D 5.0 Released in late 1997 by Nvidia, the RIVA 128, or NV3 , was one of the first consumer graphics processing units to integrate 3D… …
9Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
10ATI Technologies — Infobox Defunct Company company name=ATI Technologies Inc. company logo= fate=Acquired by AMD foundation=1985 merger=2006 location=flagicon|Canada Markham, Ontario, Canada key people=Adrian Hartog, president, AMD Canada Rick Bergman, Sr. VP and… …
