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Graphics processing unit, or GPU, is a specialized chip that provides 2D or 3D images. Display adapters contain one or more GPUs to allow fast graphics rendering.

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2008-07-28	Kontron releases updated UGM spec Kontron has revised the Universal Graphics Module (UGM) standard for long-term available and custom scalable high-end PEG graphics.
2011-06-23	Japan's K computer is world's fastest at 8petaflops Powered by 68,544 Sparc-based processors, Japan's K Computer clocks in at over 8petaflops, consumes the most raw power at 9.89MW and is the fourth most energy-efficient system at 825Mflops/W.
2009-02-20	Is mindshare shifting from CPU to GPU? Intel to Nvidia? Will the world's PC consumers in the future believe Nvidia-style graphics is the true core of the PC or Intel's CPU-plus-reasonably-good-GPU vision?
2013-08-28	Is a single-chip SoC processor what you need? Find out when, where and why embedded developers should consider a single-chip SoC processor as alternative to a general-purpose microcontroller.
2005-06-22	Intersil PWM synchronous buck controller cuts component count The new single phase PWM synchronous buck controller from Intersil requires fewer external components than competing products which results in a smaller implementation area and lower manufacturing cost.
2004-05-07	Intel rules as PC graphics chip market declines An estimated 57.5 million PC graphics devices were shipped from eight suppliers in the first quarter, a 7.4 percent decline from the previous quarter and a 12.9 percent increase over the same period the previous year, according to market watcher Jon Peddie Research.
2008-03-19	Intel poised to take on Nvidia, ATI in GPU arena Intel has announced that, in line with its plans to enter the high-end graphics market next year with the release of the Larrabee processor, its software development tools will take the platform above products from competitors Nvidia and AMD's ATI Technologies.
2009-08-14	Intel licenses Nvidia SLI technology Nvidia said motherboard makers licensed the technology to prepare for Intel Core i7 and i5 chips.
2013-10-25	Intel invests in Singaporean cloud, mobile software start-ups Intel Capital funnels $65 million into sixteen start-ups including Singaporean firms CloudFS and Perpetuuiti TechnoSoft Services.
2010-06-17	Intel gears 50-core processor for high-end computing Intel announced plans for many-core processors targeting high-end computing and claims that its Many Integrated Core architecture would help accelerate highly parallel applications.
2011-01-31	Intel announces $100M investment in university research Spending $100 million on university research in the next five years, Intel is pushing a new lab model that allows it to effectively engage more top university thinkers and gain useful outputs.
2011-08-09	Imagination, Vector Fabrics collaborate on OpenCL Imagination and Vector Fabrics have teamed up on developing OpenGL, claiming its use in development, parallelization and analysis can boost many algorithms and applications.
2014-03-20	Imagination's ray tracing to improve mobile display experience The hybrid rendering technique, which can provide high-quality dynamic lighting and shadow effects, can improve other elements of the game engine and mobile 3D environment.
2014-01-09	Imagination's GPU cores aimed at mass-market apps The PowerVR Series6XE Rogue GPU IP cores are designed to enable high-quality graphics for products such as entry-level mobile devices and tablets, as well as wearables, DTVs and STBs.
2014-09-05	Imagination unveils MIPS I-class IP cores The I6400 can be implemented across a very wide range of performance, power, and area operating points and achieves high frequencies in aggressive implementations.
2014-06-20	Imagination seeks to resurrect MIPS in the spotlight The MIPS legacy is anchored on its processor cores' architecture and its power-efficient performance, but industry analysts remain impassive, believing that MIPS lost the mobile battle against ARM.
2016-03-02	Imagination reveals application thrust with products Speaking to EE Times China at their summit in Shanghai, Imagination Technologies' executives shared their perspective of application trends and how they aim to address those trends with their products.
2013-06-28	Imagination readies MIPS cores codenamed Warrior Imagination Technologies' Warrior generation of 32/64bit MIPS processor has equivalents across three performance profiles with a focus on performance efficiency.
2016-03-31	Imagination focuses on secure, differentiated IP platforms EE Times China's editors met Imagination Technologies' at their summit in Shanghai to learn about the key technologies the company uses in its products.
2014-07-17	Imagination develops small, Android-compatible graphics core Imagination's GPU performs at up to 1GFlops and up to 250MPx/s of peak performance at 250MHz. Additionally, the chip can handle up to 720-progressive video resolution.
2013-11-14	HSA Foundation welcomes new members AMD, as one of the members of the organization, will release the Kaveri client and Berlin server processors to drive the next era in computing performance and energy efficiency.
2013-06-19	HPC sites offer growth potential for co-processors, Big Data The recent study by IDC shows the penetration of co-processors and accelerators at HPC sites increased substantially, as well as the application of Big Data technologies and methods.
2011-05-04	How manycore will reshape EDA To provide the automation and the speed to build embedded systems, EDA companies are taking advantage of the parallelism offered by multiple cores.
2011-11-29	How FPGAs boost medical imaging Learn how field-programmable gate arrays and other computing elements can enhance imaging techniques such as optical coherence tomography.
2011-05-03	High-performance computing melds with cluster computers The supercomputer market, also known as high-performance computing, is spilling over into the high-performance server market.
2008-07-07	High-density coprocessor module delivers 'fastest' connection Altera and XtremeData have announced the availability of what they say is the industry's fastest FPGA/Intel Xeon processor-based front-side bus module.
2006-11-09	HDMI transmitters support WQXGA PC monitors The new HDMI transmitters from Silicon Image promise blazing-fast performance of up to 340MHz or 10.2Gbps, letting them support monitor resolutions up to WQXGA or HDTV resolutions up to 1440p.
2014-07-10	GRID test platform reaches APAC shores The Test Drive allows anyone considering VDI to easily test GRID for free and experience the difference of having powerful graphics behind their remote desktops and applications.
2013-08-19	Graphics chip shipments shows positive QoQ growth AMD overall unit shipments increased 10.9 per cent QoQ, Intel increased 6.2 per cent and Nvidia decreased by eight per cent, according to Jon Peddie Research.
2008-08-15	Graphics card injects 2.4 teraFLOPS processing power AMD is offering the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 that delivers 2.4 teraFLOPS of processing power, yielding up to 80 percent more performance than its ATI Radeon HD 4870.