Graham Singer over at Techspot posted a series of articles a few weeks ago covering the history of the modern GPU. It is well-written and in-depth.

For GPU affectionados, this is a nice read. There are 4 parts to the series:
<ol>
	<li><a href="http://www.techspot.com/article/650-history-of-the-gpu/">Part 1: (1976 - 1995) The Early Days of 3D Consumer Graphics</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.techspot.com/article/653-history-of-the-gpu-part-2/">Part 2: (1995 - 1999) 3Dfx Voodoo: The Game-changer</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.techspot.com/article/657-history-of-the-gpu-part-3/">Part 3: (2000 - 2006) The Nvidia vs. ATI Era Begins</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.techspot.com/article/659-history-of-the-gpu-part-4/">Part 4: (2006 - 2013) The Modern GPU: Stream processing units a.k.a. GPGPU</a></li>
</ol>
Enjoy!
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