Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. The rise of the ...

Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) have evolved into indispensable computational engines across numerous disciplines, ranging from high‐performance computing to deep learning. Their significance lies ...

At the birth of the computer era, the IBM PC became the standard computer in large part due to its modular architecture with interchangeable components. Like the original IBM, every modern PC's ...

Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes represent one of the most effective error-correcting schemes available, approaching Shannon’s theoretical limit whilst maintaining a relatively low decoding ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. When it comes to the ...

CPU stands for Central Processing Unit. It is the brain of a computer because it handles all the tasks that a user performs on his/her computer. All the arithmetic and logical calculations required to ...

There are central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs) and even data processing units (DPUs) – all of which are well-known and commonplace now. GPUs in particular have seen a ...

Nvidia Corp.’s recurring GPU Technology Conference tends to focus on its hallmark graphics processing units, but during the latest installment of the event that the company held today, GPUs weren’t ...

Graphics cards or graphics processing units (GPU) are crucial if you are building a PC or looking to make a graphical upgrade to your current computer. Many computers get by with an integrated ...

This article is part of the Electronics History series: The Graphics Chip Chronicles. ATI had been experimenting with the concepts of a unified shader for several years leading up to its acquisition ...