Nvidia lying since 1999? The Origin of GPU - Graphics Processing Unit

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This is a very quick look at the term GPU NVidia claim they invented. Thanks to http://www.corestore.org/1120.htm for pictures of the PDP-11.
Video from the university is from: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=183108746902347
Music: "Surf Shimmy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sources of information:
Article from 1973:
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/800203.806247

Jon Peddie's article:
https://www.computer.org/publications/tech-news/chasing-pixels/is-it-time-to-rename-the-gpu

Nvidias original claim from their website: https://web.archive.org/web/20010610201102/http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=geforce256



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