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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.

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AGEIA PhysX

Havok FX

PPU vs. GPUs

PS2 – VU0

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Physics processing unit

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Physics processing unit → AGEIA Official Website, AGEIA PhysX Interview, AGEIA PhysX Physics Processing, AGEIA Physx Processor Website, BFG AGEIA PhysX Card, Havok FX, Information Page, NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit, PC Hardware, PC Perspective, PhysX SDK, Projects, ReviewPlanet PhysX News, SDK, SDKPhysX Toolkit, Unit Preview

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Alienwareinstance ofPCs with the cards already installed were available from system builders0.80text
Dellinstance ofPCs with the cards already installed were available from system builders0.80text
and Falcon Northwest.In February 2008instance ofPCs with the cards already installed were available from system builders0.80text
after Nvidia bought Ageia Technologiesinstance ofPCs with the cards already installed were available from system builders0.80text
eventually cut off the ability to process PhysX on the AGEIA PPUinstance ofPCs with the cards already installed were available from system builders0.80text
NVIDIA GPUs in systems with active ATi/AMD GPUsinstance ofPCs with the cards already installed were available from system builders0.80text
it seemed that PhysX went 100instance ofPCs with the cards already installed were available from system builders0.80text
Physics processing unitrelated to External linksAGEIA Official Website0.60section
Physics processing unitrelated to External linksAGEIA Physx Processor Website0.60section
Physics processing unitrelated to External linksProjects0.60section
Physics processing unitrelated to External linksPhysX SDK0.60section
Physics processing unitrelated to External linksBFG AGEIA PhysX Card0.60section

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