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0 pointsBlackLotus891y ago0 comments

And RAID once stood for array of inexpensive discs and is now independent discs. But you are right different meaning.

Found these here https://books.google.de/books?id=Jzo-qeUtauoC&pg=PT7&dq=%22g... Computerworld magazine 1976 VGI called a graphics processing unit (GPU)

> 3400 is a direct-writing system capable of displaying 3-D graphics and alphanumerics with speeds up to 20.000....

It's not what I would call a GPU, but I think it's hard to draw lines when it comes to naming things and defining things.

If anyone else wants to try to find the real GPU

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rzzzt1y ago

I misunderstood that bit from the Jon Peddie article, the PS1's GPU was indeed a Graphics Processing Unit. Found this hardware overview in one of the Wikipedia sources to confirm: https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-006/page/n54/mode/...

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0 pointsBlackLotus891y ago0 comments

And RAID once stood for array of inexpensive discs and is now independent discs. But you are right different meaning.

Found these here https://books.google.de/books?id=Jzo-qeUtauoC&pg=PT7&dq=%22g... Computerworld magazine 1976 VGI called a graphics processing unit (GPU)

> 3400 is a direct-writing system capable of displaying 3-D graphics and alphanumerics with speeds up to 20.000....

It's not what I would call a GPU, but I think it's hard to draw lines when it comes to naming things and defining things.

If anyone else wants to try to find the real GPU

rzzzt1y ago

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