Hosted on MSN

Early PC graphics were wild: A look back at the pre-GPU era

For most people, the story of graphics cards starts with Nvidia and AMD. The reality is quite different. Long before either of those two companies started to dominate the market, and long before GPUs ...
Electronic Design

Early Graphics Chips That Changed the Computer Industry

There's a long history of graphics processors and controllers that have changed the course of the computer graphics market. Major players in the emerging graphics chip market, including IBM, Intel and ...
Gizmodo

Early Graphics Show How Far Special Effects Have Come

John Whitney was one of the earliest pioneers of computer graphics, most memorably known for his work on the opening sequence of Hitchcock’s Vertigo. But even in this educational video for IBM in 1968 ...
Hackaday

A Comparison Of Early Graphics Cards

We have to admit, we expected to be bored through [The 8-Bit Guy]’s presentation, only to stay riveted through his comparison of early graphic card technology. Some presentations get a bit technical, ...