Episodes

In our GPU episode, we’ve talked about DisplayPort and HDMI- the current “main” connectors out there (the ones people actually use, or at least often). However, there are still other connectors that have somehow withstood the test of time. We’ll tell you about a few of them.

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Sources:

DVI:

• How-To Geek, Updated: 3 July 2017, Accessed: 25 May 2021, “What’s the Difference Between HDMI and DVI? Which is Better?”
• Monoprice Support, Accessed: 25 May 2021, “What is the difference between DVI, HDMI, and VGA?”

VGA:

• TechRepublic, 4 September 2008,”Looking back at the IBM PS/2″
• HP Tech Takes (HP.com), 19 July 2019, “Top Advantages of DVI vs VGA for Computer Monitors”

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Alright, so Ray Tracing! NVIDIA’s supporting it with their RTX lineup, and AMD is getting in on the action starting with the RX 6000 series! Heck, even the new consoles seem to have…. it…. but, really, who is Ray? And why are we Tracing him?

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Sources:

Definition:

• Tom’s Guide, 14 June 2020, “PS5 and Xbox Series X ray tracing: Here’s why it’s a big deal“
• TechRadar, 20 August 2019, “What is ray tracing? The games, the graphics cards and everything else you need to know“

Ray-Tracing vs Rasterizing:

• ChaosGroup.com, 16 September 2019, “Real-time, ray-traced and rasterized rendering explained”
• Linus Tech Tips @ Youtube.com, “Is RTX a Total Waste of Money??”

Ray Tracing in Media:

• Pixar’s paper on Ray Tracing in the movie Cars (2006)

RT Cores and Ray Accelerators:

• Appauls.com, 8 March 2021, “Nvidia RT Cores vs. AMD Ray Accelerators – Explained”
• Vortez, 18 November 2020, “AMD Radeon RX 6800 Review“
• AnandTech, 14 September 2018, “The NVIDIA Turing GPU Architecture Deep Dive: Prelude to GeForce RTX”

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So here we are, throwing letters at you like no tomorrow- first CPUs, and now… GPUs. But what is this…. G? Graphs? Geography? …Grains? …How about… graphics! That’s right, this is an episode on Graphics Processing Units (or as they’re sometimes referred to, Video Cards!)

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Sources:

GPU Definition:

• Intel.com, Accessed: 5 May 2021, “What Is a GPU?”
• NVIDIA Blog, 16 December 2009, “What’s the Difference Between a CPU and a GPU?”

Frame buffer / VRAM:

• PCMag.com Encyclopedia, Accessed: 5 May 2021, “frame buffer”
• TeamtechGB @ Youtube.com, “What is VRAM and why is it different from RAM?”
• Techguided.com, Accessed: 5 May 2021, Updated: 27 July 2019, “How Much VRAM Do I Need for Gaming (at 1080P, 1440P, 4K)”

GPGPU Programming:

• NVIDIA.com, Accessed: 5 May 2021, CUDA Zone
• Khronos.org, Accessed: 5 May 2021, Khronos Group’s OpenCL (Open Computing Language)

What Graphics Cards can be used for:

• Lifewire.com, Accessed: 5 May 2021, Updated: 28 September 2020, “Using Graphics Cards for More Than Just 3D Graphics”
• ZDNET, 13 August 2018, “How the GPU became the heart of AI and machine learning“
• Analytics Vidhya Blog, Accessed: 5 May 2021, Updated: 9 September 2020, “Why GPUs are more suited for Deep Learning?”

Major Connector Types:

• HDMI.org, Accessed: 5 May 2021, “HDMI Specifications and Programs”
• DisplayPort.org, Accessed: 5 May 2021, General FAQs

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