Physics processing unit
A physics processing unit (PPU) is a dedicated microprocessor designed to handle the calculations of physics, especially in the physics engine of video games. It is an example of hardware acceleration. Examples of calculations involving a PPU might include rigid body dynamics, soft body dynamics, collision detection, fluid dynamics, hair and clothing simulation, finite element analysis, and fracturing of objects.
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- enA physics processing unit (PPU) is a dedicated microprocessor designed to handle the calculations of physics, especially in the physics engine of video games. It is an example of hardware acceleration. Examples of calculations involving a PPU might include rigid body dynamics, soft body dynamics, collision detection, fluid dynamics, hair and clothing simulation, finite element analysis, and fracturing of objects.
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- enA physics processing unit (PPU) is a dedicated microprocessor designed to handle the calculations of physics, especially in the physics engine of video games. It is an example of hardware acceleration. Examples of calculations involving a PPU might include rigid body dynamics, soft body dynamics, collision detection, fluid dynamics, hair and clothing simulation, finite element analysis, and fracturing of objects. The idea is having specialized processors offload time-consuming tasks from a computer's CPU, much like how a GPU performs graphics operations in the main CPU's place. The term was coined by Ageia to describe its PhysX chip. Several other technologies in the CPU-GPU spectrum have some features in common with it, although Ageia's product was the only complete one designed, marketed, supported, and placed within a system exclusively being a PPU.
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- web.archive.org/web/20050309033254/http:/www.gamers-depot.com/interviews/agiea/001.htm
- web.archive.org/web/20051221231246/http:/www.pcper.com/article.php%3Faid=140&type=expert&pid=1
- developer.nvidia.com/object/cuda.html
- developer.nvidia.com/gameworks-physx-overview
- www.ageia.com/
- www.hothardware.com/articles/BFG_Ageia_PhysX_Physics_Card/
- web.archive.org/web/20060407040318/http:/physx.ageia.com/
- web.archive.org/web/20070113005648/http:/planetphysx.com/
- web.archive.org/web/20070302132522/http:/www.havok.com/content/view/187/77/
- web.archive.org/web/20080601230649/http:/physx.cwx.ru/
- wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/User:Lidnariq/Known_PPU_revisions
- www.digipart.com/part/UA6528
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