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momocowcow 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Every GPU That Mattered

not a very good list, from a historical perspective it’s missing many important cards, as mentioned by others

also, the gpu did not exist until 1999

looks like this was created for engagement

gt0 5 months ago | [–]

GPUs existed in the 1960s, but apparently Sony invented the actual term "GPU" in 1994.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit#1990s

bdavbdav 5 months ago | [–]

1999? You sure?

erinnh 5 months ago | [–]

The point is that Nvidia popularized the term, Id guess.

Nvidia called the Geforce 256 the first ever GPU.

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