This article is part of the Electronics History series: The Graphics Chip Chronicles. ATI had been experimenting with the concepts of a unified shader for several years leading up to its acquisition ...

Architecturally, one of the ongoing debates in graphics is about whether or not a Unified Shader pipeline is desirable. Let's get some quick context. Graphics scenes are made up a vertices and pixels.

The Unified state of DirectX 10. What you need to understand that the new microarchitecture of the the Dx10 GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) has been changed significantly, the generic elements are all ...

One of the G80 GPU's main benefits is its full support for DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0, and the other features inherent to Microsoft's upcoming API. In addition to the increased performance offered ...

Debut Of PowerVR SGX Wireless Graphics Accelerator Core Family Enables Industry Roadmap For Next Generation Mobile Devices London, UK, 29th July 2005: Imagination Technologies – a leader in silicon ...

Besides the CPU, one of the most important components in a System-On-a-Chip is the Graphical Processing Unit, otherwise known as the GPU. However for many people the GPU is shrouded in mystery. You ...