Talk:Graphics processing unit
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NVIDIA Corporation coined the term around 1999 to describe its GeForce range of graphics chips, based on the abbreviation "CPU" for a computer's central processor. However, Sony may have used the term in 1994 to describe the graphics hardware inside its PlayStation game console.
- Okay, so if Sony or nVidia coined the term "GPU", how does one explain this (http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+%22graphics+processing+unit%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&as_minm=5&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=9&as_maxm=12&as_maxy=1988&selm=4181%40ucbvax.ARPA&rnum=1&filter=0)?
- The information in question has been removed until verification. Thanks for pointing to this issue. Optim 15:19, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- Why has the comment that nVidia coined the term been restored? GPU was being used in the mid 1980s, and nVidia was founded in 1993 Crusadeonilliteracy 13:20, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- I've been wondering that for a while now. I'll try to fix it. -lee 22:53, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Why has the comment that nVidia coined the term been restored? GPU was being used in the mid 1980s, and nVidia was founded in 1993 Crusadeonilliteracy 13:20, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)